A review on co-benefits of mass public transportation in climate change mitigation

Document Type

Journal Article

Publication Date

2016

Subject Area

literature review - literature review, policy - environment

Keywords

Co-benefits, Modal shift, Public transport, Health, Emissions

Abstract

The magnitude of co-benefits from policy targeting climate change mitigations has been widely promoted due to the desirable win-win results of such policies towards both local and global targets. This review looks at studies on quantitative environmental and health co-benefits from various modal shifts to public transport scenarios. A systematic review was conducted to evaluate publications from 2004 to August 2015. A total of 153 articles were identified and 9 articles fulfilled all the criteria in this review. Many studies that have been done merely focused on the environmental benefits, especially on reduced air pollution from public transport in cities.

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Permission to publish the abstract has been given by Elsevier, copyright remains with them.

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Sustainable Cities and Society

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/22106707/22/supp/C

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