Road freight transport decoupling: A comparative analysis between the United Kingdom and Spain

Alises, Ana; Vassallo, José Manuel; Guzmán, Á.

doi:10.1016/j.tranpol.2014.01.013

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“…Additionally, decoupling initiatives also come from the private sector or NGOs. Examples of such have occurred in Germany [34], Denmark [28], and the U.K. [36].…”

Section: Relevant Decoupling Casesmentioning

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“…For instance, China has the objective to achieve "zero growth" in fertilizers and pesticides [35]. Denmark, Finland and the United Kingdom have high taxes, which inhibit the purchase of cars and the consumption of fuels; meanwhile, the logistics of freight transport is improved through optimization of delivery routes [5,36,46]. Furthermore, we should highlight the fact that many countries that have reached relative or absolute decoupling have also established programs for the development of new technologies [53,56] such as digital technologies, biotechnology, nanotechnologies and renewable energies [34].…”

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Decoupling Economic Development from the Consumption of Finite Resources Using Circular Economy. A Model for Developing Countries

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Sustainable development is a major concern for developing and developed economies as economic growth has to led to scarcer and more expensive resources. Although countries have established public policies focusing on resource and energy efficiency, there is an increasing need for a coordinated industrial strategy able to create sustainable wealth through a holistic management of natural resources, capable of "decoupling" economic growth from resource extraction and natural deterioration. Consequently, the objective of the present research is to develop a decoupling model able to create increasing economic returns, reducing the social gap and regenerating the natural capital for regions in developing countries. Departing from a literature review on peer reviewed articles on successful industrial cases of decoupling around the world, we contrasted the linear production model with the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP)'s current four decoupling indicators in order to propose a more robust model. The result was an eight-factor decoupling model that used a well-supported framework for sustainable wealth creation named "circular value ecosystem" (CVES). By using system dynamics, we deployed the proposed framework using system dynamics modeling in order to improve the understanding of our proposal. We found that this model, with the proper regional conditions in developing countries, can: (1) reduce, through substitution, the consumption of natural resources; (2) produce alternative economic increasing returns; (3) reduce the negative environmental impacts; and (4) create self-sustainable wealth for the economy, the environment, and the social development of most stakeholders of these regions. Decoupling economic growth represents a complex and challenging task whose successful implementation can only be achieved if managed at a regional level with a systemic approach.

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“…Additionally, decoupling initiatives also come from the private sector or NGOs. Examples of such have occurred in Germany [34], Denmark [28], and the U.K. [36].…”

Section: Relevant Decoupling Casesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Relevant Decoupling Casesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Decoupling Economic Development from the Consumption of Finite Resources Using Circular Economy. A Model for Developing Countries

2020

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“…The results showed that decarbonisation of the transportation sector were more difficult to achieve than the reduction in the levels of transportation-related fatalities. Alises et al [67] compared the decoupling of road freight transportation between the United Kingdom and Spain. Studies have shown that Spain's decoupling rate is much lower than that of the United Kingdom driven by economic structure changes.…”

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Influencing Factors and Decoupling Elasticity of China’s Transportation Carbon Emissions

Wang

Zhu

et al. 2018

Energies

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Abstract:Transportation is an important source of carbon emissions in China. Reduction in carbon emissions in the transportation sector plays a key role in the success of China's energy conservation and emissions reduction. This paper, for the first time, analyzes the drivers of carbon emissions in China's transportation sector from 2000 to 2015 using the Generalized Divisia Index Method (GDIM). Based on this analysis, we use the improved Tapio model to estimate the decoupling elasticity between the development of China's transportation industry and carbon emissions. The results show that: (1) the added value of transportation, energy consumption and per capita carbon emissions in transportation have always been major contributors to China's carbon emissions from transportation. Energy carbon emission intensity is a key factor in reducing carbon emissions in transportation. The carbon intensity of the added value and the energy intensity have a continuous effect on carbon emissions in transportation; (2) compared with the increasing factors, the decreasing factors have a limited effect on inhibiting the increase in carbon emissions in China's transportation industry; (3) compared with the total carbon emissions decoupling state, the per capita decoupling state can more accurately reflect the relationship between transportation and carbon emissions in China. The state of decoupling between the development of the transportation industry and carbon emissions in China is relatively poor, with a worsening trend after a short period of improvement; (4) the decoupling of transportation and carbon emissions has made energy-saving elasticity more important than the per capita emissions reduction elasticity effect. Based on the conclusions of this study, this paper puts forward some policy suggestions for reducing carbon emissions in the transportation industry.

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“…Secondly, we consider combined GDPs only of highly transport-intensive activities (GDP TI ). These sectors have been selected among those activities with the highest road freight transport intensity (RFTI) in Spain according to Alises et al (2014), as well as their data availability. Particularly, we include Industry, Agriculture and Construction, which also comprises mining activities according to the Spanish statistical accounts.…”

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Evolution over time of heavy vehicle volume in toll roads: A dynamic panel data to identify key explanatory variables in Spain

Gómez

Vassallo

2015

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

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a b s t r a c tImproving the knowledge of demand evolution over time is a key aspect in the evaluation of transport policies and in forecasting future investment needs. It becomes even more critical for the case of toll roads, which in recent decades has become an increasingly common device to fund road projects. However, literature regarding demand elasticity estimates in toll roads is sparse and leaves some important aspects to be analyzed in greater detail. In particular, previous research on traffic analysis does not often disaggregate heavy vehicle demand from the total volume, so that the specific behavioral patterns of this traffic segment are not taken into account. Furthermore, GDP is the main socioeconomic variable most commonly chosen to explain road freight traffic growth over time. This paper seeks to determine the variables that better explain the evolution of heavy vehicle demand in toll roads over time. To that end, we present a dynamic panel data methodology aimed at identifying the key socioeconomic variables that explain the behavior of road freight traffic throughout the years. The results show that, despite the usual practice, GDP may not constitute a suitable explanatory variable for heavy vehicle demand. Rather, considering only the GDP of those sectors with a high impact on transport demand, such as construction or industry, leads to more consistent results. The methodology is applied to Spanish toll roads for the 1990-2011 period. This is an interesting case in the international context, as road freight demand has experienced an even greater reduction in Spain than elsewhere, since the beginning of the economic crisis in 2008.

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Road freight transport decoupling: A comparative analysis between the United Kingdom and Spain

Cited by 60 publications

References 7 publications

Decoupling Economic Development from the Consumption of Finite Resources Using Circular Economy. A Model for Developing Countries

Decoupling Economic Development from the Consumption of Finite Resources Using Circular Economy. A Model for Developing Countries

Influencing Factors and Decoupling Elasticity of China’s Transportation Carbon Emissions

Evolution over time of heavy vehicle volume in toll roads: A dynamic panel data to identify key explanatory variables in Spain

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