John Whitelegg is

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of sustainable transport at Liverpool John Moores UniversityLiverpool John Moores University
and

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of sustainable development at University of York's

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Academic career

From 1990 to 1993 Whitelegg was head of department of geography at Lancaster University and director of the university's

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Research Unit. He has written books and over 50 papers, including ''Transport for a Sustainable Society: the Case for Europe'' (John Wiley, 1993) and ''Critical Mass: Transport, Environment and Society in the 21st Century'' (Pluto Press, 1997), and is founder and editor of the ''Journal of World Transport Policy & Practice''. Managing director of Eco-Logica LimitedEcoLogica staff list
and Fellow of the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce. Research interests encompass

transport and the environment The environmental effects of transport are significant because transport is a major user of energy, and burns most of the world's petroleum. This creates air pollution, including nitrous oxides and particulates, and is a significant contributor ...

, definition of sustainable transport systems and a sustainable built environment, development of transport in third world cities focusing on

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and the relationships between sustainability and human health, implementation of environmental strategies within manufacturing and service industry and development of environmental management standards. Discipline: Transport, Planning & Housing.

Politics

Whitelegg wrote a report on carbon emissions of the two parliament system in Europe for the then MEP Caroline Lucas of the

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From 2003 to May 2011 he was a Green Party local councillor in Lancaster. He stood down in Bulk Ward, and his successor held the ward for the Green Party. He is a former chair of the North West (of England)

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He has been the Green Party's Sustainable Development Spokesperson.

Books

* Hillman, M., Adams, J. and Whitelegg, J. (1990) ''One False Move: A Study of Children's Independent Mobility''. Policy Studies Institute, London. * Whitelegg, J. (editor) (1992) ''Traffic Congestion: Is There a Way Out?''. Leading Edge Press, Hawes, Yorkshire. * Whitelegg, J. Hulten, S. and Flink, T. (eds) (1993) ''High Speed Trains: fast tracks to the future''. Leading Edge Press, Hawes, Yorkshire. * Whitelegg, J. (1993) ''Transport for a Sustainable Future: the case for Europe''. Belhaven, London. * Whitelegg, J. (1997) ''Critical Mass: Transport Environment and Society in the Twenty-first Century''. Pluto Press, London. * Nick Williams, Maf Smith and John Whitelegg (1998) ''Greening the Built Environment''. Earthscan, London. * Whitelegg, J. and Gary Haq. (eds) (2003) ''The Earthscan Reader in World Transport Policy and Practice''. Earthscan, London. * *

References

External links

Eco-Logica Homepage

Stockholm Environment Institute biography of Whitelegg
{{DEFAULTSORT:Whitelegg, John British environmentalists Living people Green Party of England and Wales politicians Academics of Liverpool John Moores University Academics of Lancaster University Year of birth missing (living people) Sustainable transport pioneers