Greenhouse gas emissions from intra-national freight transport: Measurement and scenarios for greater sustainability in Spain
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UAM. Departamento de Análisis Económico, Teoría Económica e Historia Económica; UAM. Departamento de Economía AplicadaPublisher
MDPIDate
2018-07-13Citation
10.3390/su10072467
Sustainability 10 (2018): 2467
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1424-8220DOI
10.3390/su10072467Funded by
This paper was developed in the context of two research projects: (i) the C-intereg Project (www.c-intereg.es); (ii) The ECO2016-79650-P project from the Spanish Ministry of Economics and InnovationProject
Gobierno de España. ECO2016-79650-PEditor's Version
https://doi.org/10.3390/su10072467Subjects
Greenhouse gas emissions; Interregional trade by transport mode; Modal shift; National freight transport emissions; EconomíaRights
© 2018 by the authors.Abstract
Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions is a topic of major concern worldwide. Following previous articles which provide a methodology for estimating GHG emissions associated with international trade by transport mode at the world level, in this paper, we estimate an equivalent database of GHG emissions for inter-regional trade flows within a country (Spain). To this end, we built a new database of GHG emissions for origin-destination flows between Spanish provinces during 1995-2015. For each year, we combine industry-specific flows by four transport modes (road, train, ship and aircraft) with the corresponding GHG emissions factor for each mode in tons*km, drawn from the specialized literature. With this dataset of GHG emissions, we generate and analyze the temporal, sectoral and spatial pattern of Spanish inter-regional GHG flows. We then forecast emissions for 2016-2030 and consider how transport mode shifts might produce a more sustainable freight system within the country through the substitution of environmentally friendly alternatives (railway) for specific origin-destination-product flows in high-polluting modes (road).
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Google Scholar:Llano Verduras, Carlos
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Pérez Balsalobre, Santiago José
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Pérez García, Julián
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