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The following are the impacts of transportation on the environment: 1. Climate Change. The greenhouse effect, a naturally occurring mechanism that includes partially holding heat in the earth’s atmosphere, is a key factor in regulating the global climate.
May 29, 2023 · With a spatially explicit monocentric urban economic model, this study analyses the impact of four representative policies to mitigate transport greenhouse gas emissions across 120 cities...
- The Issue of Transport and the Environment. The issue of transportation and the environment is paradoxical since transportation conveys substantial socioeconomic benefits, but at the same time, transportation is impacting environmental systems.
- The Transport – Environment Link. a. Contemporary evolution. The relationships between transport and the environment are multidimensional. Some aspects are unknown, and some new findings may lead to changes in environmental policies.
- Environmental Dimensions. Transportation activities support increasing mobility demands for passengers and freight, notably in urban areas. But transport activities have resulted in growing levels of motorization and congestion.
- Environmental Externalities. Externalities are an economic concept that refers to the activities of a subset having consequences, positive or negative, intended or unintended, on other groups.
May 24, 2021 · Five SDG targets are directly related to the transport sector, addressing road safety (target 3.6), energy efficiency (target 7.3), sustainable infrastructure (target 9.1), urban access (target 11.2), and fossil fuel subsidies (target 12.c). Many others are indirectly related.
Feb 4, 2021 · Sustainable urban transportation systems address social, economic, and environmental issues in a balanced manner, and promote access, affordability, safety, equity, efficiency, and economic viability, while simultaneously minimising their emissions and other environmental impacts (OECD, Citation 2002; Pardo, Jiemian, Hongyuan, & Mohanty ...
- Linda E. Karjalainen, Sirkku Juhola
- 2021
Mar 8, 2016 · Environmental factors are highly modifiable, and environmental interventions at the community level, such as urban and transport planning, have been shown to be promising and more cost effective than interventions at the individual level.
Transport is estimated to be responsible for nearly a quarter of global energy-related CO2. There are also rising concerns about its impact on the quality of urban life, including social inequities, and about the effects of its pollution on health and buildings.
