Transport geography in Iceland

Keeling, David J.

doi:10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2020.102875

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“…Moreover, an interesting, though potentially to-be-expected, contrast could be seen between urban and rural sub-groups, where urbanites compensate for the lower vehicle footprints with more leisure travel, reflecting the findings of previous studies in Iceland [72]. Urban dwellers also saw higher Public Transport EFs, though even in urban settings public transit use has historically remained significantly low [73,74], leading to high vehicle energy use for all groups; though, due to the extremely low population density in the countryside, this was particularly high for the rural sub-group.…”

Section: The Geography Of Footprints In Icelandsupporting

confidence: 66%

Consumption-Based Energy Footprints in Iceland: High and Equally Distributed

Einarsdóttir,

tho Pesch,

Dillman

et al. 2024

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With the urgent global need to limit warming to 2 °C as well as a localized need in our case study to address rising energy demand amid electrical and thermal network limitations, a critical examination of demand-side energy reductions and the concept of energy sufficiency is needed. This paper contributes to the sparse literature on bottom-up analysis by utilizing Iceland—a leader in renewable energy generation—as a case study to explore the socio-economic factors influencing energy footprints. Our findings reveal significant energy footprints across various consumption domains, particularly housing and mobility, influenced by income levels, urbanization, and lifestyle choices. The study highlights the paradox of a high renewable energy supply leading to potential misconceptions regarding abundant and low-cost energy, resulting in substantial energy consumption-related environmental impacts. Using detailed household consumption survey data, this research provides insights crucial for developing sustainable energy policies that not only target technological advancements but also address the need for a reduction in energy demand and a shift towards energy sufficiency. This work marks a contribution to the literature through the provision of a case study of low income inequality and high energy footprints in a highly renewable energy system context. Further, this work is useful for Icelandic and international policymakers to understand in such high-demand contexts which consumption domains would be most relevant for sufficiency policies. This comprehensive analysis opens pathways for future research to further explore the intersections of energy consumption, socio-economic factors, and well-being, offering a nuanced understanding necessary for crafting sufficiency and demand-side policies aimed at a sustainable energy future.

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Section: The Geography Of Footprints In Icelandsupporting

confidence: 66%

Consumption-Based Energy Footprints in Iceland: High and Equally Distributed

Einarsdóttir,

tho Pesch,

Dillman

et al. 2024

Energies

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“…We have also largely ignored the global and country-specific structures and structural changes that may channel migration flows. In the Icelandic context, rural migration flows have for instance been affected by neoliberal fisheries management, industry mergers, regional agglomeration and technological innvotion in the fishing industry (Chambers et al, 2017;Gunnlaugsson and Saevaldsson, 2016;Kokorsch and Benediktsson, 2018), the uneven geographies of welfare and austerity in the wake of the 2008 economic meltdown (Huijbens and Thorsteinsson, 2017;Gústafsdóttir et al, 2017), the explosive growth in tourism and the transformation from rural extraction to rural attraction (Cunningham et al, 2012;Lund and Johannesson, 2014), improvements in road infrastructure (Bjarnason, 2014(Bjarnason, , 2021Keeling, 2020) and the growth of regional universities and distance education (Bjarnason and Edvardsson 2017;Bjarnason and Thorarinsdottir, 2018;Edvardsson, 2014). Future research should explore the association of both individual motivations and social structural processes with microurbanisation.…”

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confidence: 99%