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Course Info

  • Course Number / Code:
  • 11.543J (Spring 2004) 
  • Course Title:
  • Transportation Policy and Environmental Limits 
  • Course Level:
  • Graduate 
  • Offered by :
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
    Massachusetts, United States  
  • Department:
  • Civil and Environmental Engineering 
  • Course Instructor(s):
  • Prof. Joseph Coughlin
    Prof. Frederick Salvucci 
  • Course Introduction:
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  • 1.253J / 11.543J / ESD.222J Transportation Policy and Environmental Limits



    Spring 2004




    Course Highlights


    This course features a full set of lecture notes, as well as useful Web links from the class in the related resources section.


    Course Description


    Through a combination of lectures, cases, and class discussions this subject examines the economic and political conflict between transportation and the environment. It investigates the role of government regulation, green business and transportation policy as facilitators of economic development and environmental sustainability. It analyzes a variety of international policy problems including government-business relations; the role of interest groups, non-governmental organizations, and the public and media in the regulation of the automobile; sustainable development; global warming; the politics of risk and siting of transport facilities; environmental justice; equity; and transportation and public health in the urban metropolis. It provides students with an opportunity to apply transportation and planning methods to developing policy alternatives in the context of environmental politics.
     

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