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Research and technology strategy to help overcome the environmental problems in relation to transport. Resource uses study

Abstract

This report concerns the environmental impact of resource utilization in the transport sector. The first phase of the study involved a dissection of transport into its different modes, its operational components, and its existing patterns of resource usage. The second phase was an investigation of existing environmental impacts. Since in principle a significant environmental impact may occur anywhere along the extraction-to-disposal life cycle of a material, it was necessary to investigate a range of environmental phenomena upstream and downstream from the transport sector, as well as within the sector itself. In this development of a holistic perspective of resource usage, particular attention was paid to depletion, disposal, and re-cycling questions. The third phase involved the examination of possible innovations in transport technology. Of particular interest was the resource usage implications of these innovations, and their potential for ameliorating negative environmental impacts. In the final phase of the study, are addressed questions of the net costs and benefits of the various technologies, and of the most appropriate policy options for the Community.
Authors:
Billings, R; [1]  Crowley, J; Moran, R
  1. Environmental Research Unit, Dublin (Ireland)
Publication Date:
Apr 01, 1992
Product Type:
Technical Report
Report Number:
EUR-14715
Reference Number:
SCA: 290300; PA: AIX-24:041840; SN: 93000990383
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: Apr 1992
Subject:
29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY AND ECONOMY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS; TRANSPORT; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES; FUEL CONSUMPTION; RECYCLING; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; TRAFFIC CONTROL; 290300; ENVIRONMENT, HEALTH, AND SAFETY
OSTI ID:
10153090
Research Organizations:
Commission of the European Communities, Luxembourg (Luxembourg)
Country of Origin:
CEC
Language:
English
Other Identifying Numbers:
Other: ON: TI93625884; TRN: XE9300012041840
Availability:
OSTI; NTIS (US Sales Only); INIS
Submitting Site:
INIS
Size:
[159] p.
Announcement Date:
Jul 05, 2005

Citation Formats

Billings, R, Crowley, J, and Moran, R. Research and technology strategy to help overcome the environmental problems in relation to transport. Resource uses study. CEC: N. p., 1992. Web.
Billings, R, Crowley, J, & Moran, R. Research and technology strategy to help overcome the environmental problems in relation to transport. Resource uses study. CEC.
Billings, R, Crowley, J, and Moran, R. 1992. "Research and technology strategy to help overcome the environmental problems in relation to transport. Resource uses study." CEC.
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title = {Research and technology strategy to help overcome the environmental problems in relation to transport. Resource uses study}
author = {Billings, R, Crowley, J, and Moran, R}
abstractNote = {This report concerns the environmental impact of resource utilization in the transport sector. The first phase of the study involved a dissection of transport into its different modes, its operational components, and its existing patterns of resource usage. The second phase was an investigation of existing environmental impacts. Since in principle a significant environmental impact may occur anywhere along the extraction-to-disposal life cycle of a material, it was necessary to investigate a range of environmental phenomena upstream and downstream from the transport sector, as well as within the sector itself. In this development of a holistic perspective of resource usage, particular attention was paid to depletion, disposal, and re-cycling questions. The third phase involved the examination of possible innovations in transport technology. Of particular interest was the resource usage implications of these innovations, and their potential for ameliorating negative environmental impacts. In the final phase of the study, are addressed questions of the net costs and benefits of the various technologies, and of the most appropriate policy options for the Community.}
place = {CEC}
year = {1992}
month = {Apr}
}