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Transportul si dezvoltarea sustenabila in Uniunea Europeana
THE TRANSPORT AND THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN THE EUROPEAN UNION

Author(s): Simona Radu
Subject(s): Economy
Published by: Editura Universitaria Craiova
Keywords: transport; European Union; sustainable development; White Paper.

Summary/Abstract: The modern society needs a great mobility therefore the transport is a key factor in every economy. The public opinion is more and more intolerant confronted with the delays which became chronic and confronted with the poor quality of some transport services. The European Community is obliged to take into account the improvement of the transport sector in order that these ones to be able to satisfy the increased demand of the movement which intensified with its extension to the East, and in order to allow a sustainable development on this continent. At these conclusions had been arrived on the occasion of the European Council- Gothenburg 1994. A modern transport system must be sustainable from an economic and social, as well as an environmental viewpoint.

  • Issue Year: XXXVI/2008
  • Issue No: 7
  • Page Range: 3317-3323
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: English