Estimating the social impact of reduced CO2 emissions from household travel using GIS modelling.

Author(s)
Mavoa, S.
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Abstract

Any transport management strategies designed to reduce CO2 emissions are likely to have social impacts. Therefore, one of the objectives of this research programme is to assess the potential social impact of reduced fuel use from changes in household transport. The basic premise taken by this research is that the social impact of reduced CO2 emissions from household travel can be assessed by measuring associated changes in access to the resources and facilities that form an integral part of the social environment, and then to assess how this access changes under different transport mode scenarios. This paper reports on the development of a household-level GIS model that provides a measure of accessibility for different types of households under a given time budget and under different transport mode scenarios. First, different measures of accessibility are reviewed. Next, the operational definition of accessibility underlying the GIS model is described. Finally, the paper reports on the implementation of the model and discusses current progress. (a) For the covering entry of this conference, please see ITRD abstract no. E216058.

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C 48603 (In: C 48575 [electronic version only]) /15 / ITRD E216010
Source

In: ATRF07 : Managing transport in a climate of change and uncertainty: proceedings of the 30th Australasian Transport Research Forum (ATRF) 2007, Melbourne, 25-27 September 2007, 15 p.

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