TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. OECD and EC documents quoted in Per Sorup and Tom Gameson, eds., Natural Resources and the Environment (panel report, Institute for Prospective Technological Studies, Joint Research Centre, European Commission, Seville, Spain, available on the Joint Research Centre website [http://www.jrc.es]). Other costs of mobility are indirect but no less devastating. The average tourist uses as much water in 24 hours as a villager in a developing country uses in 100 days. In 1950, there were about 25 million international tourist visits; by 2020, 1.6 billion of us will travel overseas on holiday. If the resulting carbon emissions and water consumption were charged against the tourist industry, it would not be perceived to be the cash cow it is today. Details are available at http://www.responsible-travel.com and at http://www.planeta.com.
2. Jeffrey Kenworthy and Felix Lauba, An International Sourcebook of Automobile Dependence in Cities, 1960 1990 (Boulder: University of Colorado Press, 2000).
3. According to the website of consultants Casella Stanger, In July 2000, BAA Gatwick launched its Sustainable Development Strategy and signed a unique legal agreement designed to protect local communities from the impact of future airport growth. . . . The Strategy includes action to tackle some of the issues of most concern to stakeholders, such as aircraft noise, transport, energy, waste, air quality, and community over the next 10 years. Casella Stanger was commissioned to conduct an independent audit of progress towards these. . . . The results of the process are an external verification...
