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This thesis is a descriptive analysis of the sustainability of the Croydon Tramlink, using indicators as the bases of the examination. A sustainable transport system is vital for the wellbeing of society. However the present British system, with the emphasis on road building rather than improving the dilapidated public transport network, is experiencing problems on an enormous scale. Current Government policy such as Transport 2010 has been heavily criticised and is in urgent need of review. The rise of the concept of sustainability has increased awareness of transport problems and of the disastrous consequences if predicted trends of growth in cars materialise. Whilst the concept of sustainability has generally been accepted in modern society, debate continues about the implications of sustainable transport, and how best to improve the situation. The main objective of the report is to evaluate the sustainability of the Croydon Tramlink within environmental, social and economic sub-contexts. Indicators for each of the sub-contexts shall be drawn from the literature review in preparation for the analysis. Case studies of European tram networks are also introduced to allow for any comparison between the performances of systems. The research paradigm is of a positivist nature and this is reflected in the choice of a survey to collect primary data that is allocated into categories under a quantitative approach. Secondary data is also presented to add weight to the arguments. The analysis argues that the Croydon Tramlink is a highly sustainable mode of transport and one key inference is that more networks should be considered across the country. Other conclusions include changes in policy reform and social values as attempts to highlight the benefits of sustainability to both natural and human environments.

The appearance of J. R. Oldfield's study, Popular politics and British anti-slavery, first published by Manchester University Press in 1995, now in paperback and therefore available for a student market, is much to be welcomed. The book is already well established in its field. As James Walvin writes in his preface, 'Oldfield's research serves to clinch a simple but critical issue, namely that in the attack on the slave trade, popular revulsion was crucial' (p. vi). Building on the work of earlier scholars, notably Seymour Drescher, Hugh Honour and Clare Midgley, Oldfield has demonstrated the ways in which the abolition movement turned to mobilizing public opinion after 1787 against the slave trade. At the centre of his investigation are the petition campaigns of 1788 and 1792. In analysing anti-slavery sentiment he successfully brings together approaches which focus on the eighteenth century as a period of expansion in commercial society and popular forms of politics with the agenda of historians of the slave trade and slavery. The abolition movement, he argues, provided the prototype for modern reforming organizations. It was peopled by practical middle-class men who understood the importance of the expansion of the market and consumer choice. It succeeded in capturing the imagination of those, predominantly middle-class men and women, who were increasingly interested in engaging in forms of public debate and who had the resources, both in terms of time and money, to do so. His book, he argues, is a piece of 'thick description' which offers 'fresh insights into the increasingly powerful role of the middle classes in influencing Parliamentary politics from outside the confines of Westminster'

Provides an account of the reform crisis of the 1860s and its outcome. Traces the lines of demarcation by which suffrage was granted to `Englishmen like ourselves' and simultaneously withheld from others-blacks in the colonies, women, unskilled men. (Original abstract-amended)

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of figures -- List of plates -- List of tables -- List of boxes and cases -- Notes on contributors -- Acknowledgements -- List of abbreviations and acronyms -- Part 1 Introduction: region and context -- 1 Introduction: tourism in Asia: region and context -- 2 Heritage diplomacy and tourism in Asia -- 3 Transport and infrastructure issues in Asian tourism -- 4 Human resource and labour issues in Asian tourism -- 5 Tourism policies and politics in Asia -- 6 Tourism and environmental change in Asia

Health and medical tourism is a complex area of study. Many governments, international agencies, private health providers and even some medical practitioners see it as a means of economic development that may cross-subsidise domestic health access. In contrast, others see it as part of a process of marketisation and economisation of public health services. It is hoped that this Tourism Review ebook makes at least a small contribution to a better understanding of the field