Globalisation, transport and the environment: new perspectives for ecological economics

Veen-Groot, D.B.; Nijkamp, Peter

doi:10.1016/s0921-8009(99)00099-3

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“…The 1990s were characterized by a realization of global environmental issues, namely the impacts of carbon dioxide emissions on the greenhouse effect. The World Bank expects that if current trends continue, CO 2 emissions caused by transport will significantly increase by the year 2010 (Veen-Groot and Nijkamp, 1999). CO 2 emissions are 1% higher than that of 1990 and the fossil fuels are the main sources of emissions in rich countries and emergent economies (Worldbank, 2007).…”

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A problem-structuring model for analyzing transportation–environment relationships

Ülengin

Kabak

Önsel

et al. 2010

European Journal of Operational Research

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This study proposes a decision support system module for analyzing impacts of transportation policies on environment. The main issues of the contemporary transport models include the specification of the nature. For a sustainable transportation system, the extent of the relationships between transport and the environment has to be considered. For this purpose a two-stage problem structuring model is developed. Initially, experts' opinions are structured by using a cognitive map to determine the relationships between transportation and environmental concepts. After that, a structural equation model is constructed based on the cognitive map in order to quantify the relations between transportation and environmental externalities. World Development Indicators of World Bank are utilized for this purpose.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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A problem-structuring model for analyzing transportation–environment relationships

Ülengin

Kabak

Önsel

et al. 2010

European Journal of Operational Research

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“…That was a bright idea early in the nineteenth century, but is now employed as a dogma needing to be surrounded by caveats in the twenty first. Veen-Groot and Nijkamp, 1999;Shimamoto et al, 2004;Aggarwal, 2006;Bardhan, 2006;Hecht et al, 2006). Movements of people, goods, and capital at speeds and over distances undreamed of in Ricardo's time are already having large economic effects, and likely will have much larger ones in the future as environmental refugees (and possibly refugees fleeing resource wars) become much more numerous.…”

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Key issues for attention from ecological economists

Ehrlich¹

2008

Envir. Dev. Econ.

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This paper gives an ecologist's overview of the deteriorating environmental situation. It then describes areas where the activities of ecological economists seem appropriate (e.g., ecosystem service valuation, trade) and others requiring more attention (e.g., definitions of utility, social discounting, preserving population diversity, global toxification, the epidemiological environment, overpopulation, overconsumption, the economic impacts of nuclear explosions, and the equilibration of opportunity costs when attempting to solve global dilemmas). A general problem is the failure of ecological economists adequately to communicate their results and concerns to the general public and to decision makers. In view of the demonstrable failure of traditional economics to focus its attention on what will be the central issues of the twenty-first century, it is clear that ecological economics is in a position to become the central subdiscipline of economics. In order to do so, it is important for ecological economists to always keep the 'big picture' in view. I thank Lisa Daniel

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“…It is also true, however, that low-value commodities are commonly transported by slower, more environmentally friendly modes of transport, such as barge and rail, while higher-value products are commonly transported by faster, less clean methods of air and road (van Veen-Groot and Nijkamp, 1999). Energy consumption in transport is a function of distance traveled, weight hauled, and transport mode.…”

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Agroindustrialization, globalization, and international development: the environmental implications

2001

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‘Agroindustrialization’ comprises three related sets of changes: 1 growth of commercial, off-farm agro-processing, distribution, and input provision activities; 2 institutional and organizational change in the relations between farms and firms both upstream and downstream, such as a marked increased in vertical integration and contract-based procurement; and 3 related changes in product composition, technologies, and sectoral and market structure (Reardon and Barrett, 2000). The actual and potential environmental effect of these changes have been sparsely documented to date. There does not seem to have been any attempt at a reasonably general analysis of the pathways by which such effects might occur or of the instruments governments might have at their disposal to influence these pathways. This essay is meant to fill the latter gap while the articles and policy forum that follow provide more detailed findings and perspectives on constituent issues.

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Globalisation, transport and the environment: new perspectives for ecological economics

Cited by 53 publications

References 13 publications

A problem-structuring model for analyzing transportation–environment relationships

A problem-structuring model for analyzing transportation–environment relationships

Key issues for attention from ecological economists

Agroindustrialization, globalization, and international development: the environmental implications

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