Scientific research about climate change mitigation in transport: A critical review

T Schwanen, D Banister, J Anable - … Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 2011 - Elsevier
This paper seeks to develop a deeper understanding of the research on climate change
mitigation in transport. We suggest that work to date has focused on the effects of …

Application of energy system models for designing a low-carbon society

T Nakata, D Silva, M Rodionov - Progress in Energy and Combustion …, 2011 - Elsevier
Rising concern about the effect of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions on climate change is
pushing national governments and the international community to achieve sustainable …

What will be the environmental effects of new free-floating car-sharing systems? The case of car2go in Ulm

J Firnkorn, M Müller - Ecological economics, 2011 - Elsevier
The purpose of this paper is the discussion of the environmental effects of a free-floating car-
sharing system operating in Ulm, Germany. The system, called car2go, allows users to take …

Integration of MODIS land and atmosphere products with a coupled‐process model to estimate gross primary productivity and evapotranspiration from 1 km to global …

Y Ryu, DD Baldocchi, H Kobayashi… - Global …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
We propose the Breathing Earth System Simulator (BESS), an upscaling approach to
quantify global gross primary productivity and evapotranspiration using MODIS with a spatial …

Transportation and the environment

D Banister, K Anderton, D Bonilla… - Annual review of …, 2011 - annualreviews.org
The growth of CO2-intensive transport, mobility and the impact of transport on the
environment are reviewed. The recent global exponential growth in transport is …

Long-term implications of alternative light-duty vehicle technologies for global greenhouse gas emissions and primary energy demands

P Kyle, SH Kim - Energy Policy, 2011 - Elsevier
This study assesses global light-duty vehicle (LDV) transport in the upcoming century, and
the implications of vehicle technology advancement and fuel-switching on greenhouse gas …

Public participation in municipal transport planning processes–the case of the sustainable mobility plan of Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal

A Gil, H Calado, J Bentz - Journal of Transport Geography, 2011 - Elsevier
Public participation in transport planning is a recent trend. There is an increasing number of
cases in Europe where the public is involved in the decision-making process. In Portugal …

Climate policies for road transport revisited (I): Evaluation of the current framework

F Creutzig, E McGlynn, J Minx, O Edenhofer - Energy policy, 2011 - Elsevier
The global rise of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and its potentially devastating
consequences require a comprehensive regulatory framework for reducing emissions …

[HTML][HTML] The role of institutions, governance, and urban planning for mitigation and adaptation

H Bulkeley, H Schroeder, K Janda, J Zhao… - Cities and climate …, 2011 - books.google.com
Two major waves of activities may be discerned in municipal action on climate change since
the 1990s. The first involves individual cities and transnational municipal networks, such as …

Aviation's inclusion in international climate policy regimes: Implications for the Caribbean tourism industry

L Pentelow, DJ Scott - Journal of Air Transport Management, 2011 - Elsevier
Nations with tourism dependant economies are becoming increasingly concerned about the
inclusion of aviation in greenhouse gas mitigation policy for international bunker fuels and …