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Transportation, Traffic Safety and Health — Prevention and Health

Third International Conference, Washington, U.S.A, 1997

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 2000

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Editors:
  1. Hans Holst

    1. Department of Aeronautics, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden

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  2. Åke Nygren

    1. Department of Injury Prevention, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden

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  3. Åke E. Andersson

    1. Department of Infrastructure, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden

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  • Presents a comprehensive information of knowledge aiming at highlighting the prevention of traffic injuries

  • The book shows that it is necessary to integrate knowledge from various disciplines in order to achieve a prevention program to reduce traffic injuries

  • The book contains contributions by various authors from various disciplines presenting different methods and results

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Table of contents (15 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-X
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  2. Introduction

    • Hans von Holst, Åke Nygren, Åke E. Andersson
    Pages 1-8

  3. Traffic Safety as an Economic Issue of Developing and Industrialized Countries

    • Stein Hansen
    Pages 9-22

  4. Responsibility and Accountability of Government

    • J W van der Spuy
    Pages 23-32

  5. The Politics of Traffic Safety in Russia Some Sociological Observations

    • Victor Sergeyev
    Pages 33-38

  6. An Overview of World Bank Experience in Road Safety

    • Stein Lundebye
    Pages 39-49

  7. Driving the Message Home The Role of Communication in Traffic Safety

    • Cees Wildervanck
    Pages 51-64

  8. The Role of Communication in Road Safety

    • Peter Vulcan
    Pages 65-77

  9. Future Integration of Knowledge —The Role of Industry

    • Arne Wittlöv
    Pages 79-84

  10. Safety is Everybody’s Business

    • Andrew H. Card Jr.
    Pages 85-89

  11. More Resources for Prevention, Critical Care or Rehabilitation

    • Wilson Odero
    Pages 91-104

  12. A European Perspective on the Efficient Application of Resources to Diminish Transport Related Trauma

    • Murray Mackay
    Pages 105-114

  13. Rehabilitation and Traffic Related Injuries

    • Bruce M. Gans
    Pages 115-122

  14. Some Perspectives on the DRAG Approach and Family of National Road Safety Models

    • Marc Gaudry
    Pages 123-168

  15. Development of Realistic Safety Target and Strategic Safety Programmes in Malaysia

    • Radin Umar Radin Sohadi
    Pages 169-187

  16. The Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine: Its Mission, Purpose and Challenge

    • Elaine Petrucelli
    Pages 189-192

  17. Back Matter

    Pages 193-198
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About this book

Rodney E. Slater Secretary of Transportation, U. S. Department of Transportation know many of you have traveled great distances to be here. I To me, that shows not only your dedication to the cause, but demonstrates how very important transportation safety is becoming throughout the world. So I am very thankful to the main organizers of this third annual conference -- all of whom are from Sweden: Dr. Hans von Holst of the Royal Institute of Technology; Dr. Ake Nygren of the Karolinska Institute; Dr. Ake E. Andersson of the Institute for Futures Studies; and finally, Dr. Arne Witt16v and Lars Anell from AB Volvo. And let me give a special welcome to our friends from Africa. I will be visiting a number of African nations in January. And while my main mission is to promote trade and investment with the United States, we will be talking about safety, too. Airline safety, for example, is a big concern, as Africa grows and prospers and the demand for air travel expands. We discussed it during recent meetings of the International Civil Aviation Organization in Montreal several weeks ago. And we will do so again during my trip. plan to talk about how my department can help the Also, we many nations of Africa improve highway safety. Africa relies heavily on road transportation. But highway fatalities are very high. And the economic costs are very steep, especially for Africa's fragile, emerging v market economies.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Aeronautics, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden

    Hans Holst

  • Department of Injury Prevention, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden

    Åke Nygren

  • Department of Infrastructure, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden

    Åke E. Andersson

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Transportation, Traffic Safety and Health — Prevention and Health

  • Book Subtitle: Third International Conference, Washington, U.S.A, 1997

  • Editors: Hans Holst, Åke Nygren, Åke E. Andersson

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-57246-3

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2000

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-63162-7Published: 14 August 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-57246-3Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 198

  • Topics: Regional/Spatial Science, Traumatic Surgery, Automotive Engineering, Emergency Medicine

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