Selling mobility instead of cars: new business strategies of automakers and the impact on private vehicle holding

J Firnkorn, M Müller - Business Strategy and the environment, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
This article considers the business strategy of an automaker entering the car‐sharing
market. Given the high growth of the car‐sharing industry, this could become a new …

Energy use and CO2 emissions reduction potential in passenger car fleet using zero emission vehicles and lightweight materials

JCG Palencia, T Furubayashi, T Nakata - Energy, 2012 - Elsevier
Introduction of ZEVs (zero emission vehicles) and lightweight materials in a conventional
steel-intensive internal combustion engine vehicle fleet will affect energy consumption and …

[PDF][PDF] Health effects of climate change in the UK 2012

S Vardoulakis, C Heaviside - London: Health Protection Agency, 2012 - academia.edu
Executive Summary The original Health Effects of Climate Change in the UK report,
published by the Department of Health in 2002 was one of the earliest attempts at …

Development and evaluation of vehicular air pollution inventory model

AS Nagpure, BR Gurjar - Atmospheric Environment, 2012 - Elsevier
Estimating emissions by road traffic is a key-issue for air pollution management in many
regions. Emission models are important tools to help compute vehicular exhausts. There are …

[HTML][HTML] How and why planners make plans which, if implemented, cause growth in traffic volumes: Explanations related to the expert knowledge, the planners, and …

A Tennøy - 2012 - nmbu.brage.unit.no
Traffic volumes need to be reduced in order to reduce GHG emissions and avoid dangerous
global warming. This is also a means to reduce local health and environment problems …

[HTML][HTML] Associations of health, physical activity and weight status with motorised travel and transport carbon dioxide emissions: a cross-sectional, observational study

A Goodman, C Brand, D Ogilvie - Environmental Health, 2012 - Springer
Background Motorised travel and associated carbon dioxide (CO 2) emissions generate
substantial health costs; in the case of motorised travel, this may include contributing to …

Combustion and fuel characterisation of wheat distillers dried grain with solubles (DDGS) and possible combustion applications

G Eriksson, A Grimm, N Skoglund, D Boström… - Fuel, 2012 - Elsevier
The present transition to a sustainable global energy system requires that biomass is
increasingly combusted for heat and power production. Agricultural fuels considered include …

Scenarios for regional passenger car fleets and their CO2 emissions

I Meyer, S Kaniovski, J Scheffran - Energy Policy, 2012 - Elsevier
Passenger car traffic is among the main contributors to anthropogenic greenhouse gas
(GHG) emissions, which are responsible for climate change. It is also an important indicator …

Greenhouse gas emissions from cities and regions: international implications revealed by Hong Kong

PG Harris, ASY Chow, J Symons - Energy Policy, 2012 - Elsevier
The diversity of greenhouse gas (GHG) accounting methodologies currently utilized by cities
around the world make meaningful comparisons of their emissions almost impossible …

A small step toward environmentally sustainable transport? The media debate over the Finnish carbon dioxide-based car tax reform

NA Nygrén, J Lyytimäki, P Tapio - Transport Policy, 2012 - Elsevier
Societies are increasingly characterised by increasing mobility of people and materials.
Consequently, harmful environmental impacts of transport are likely to increase unless …