The Transportation - Production Tradeoff in the Regional Environmental Impact of Industrial Systems

A Case Study in the Paper Sector

Bibliographic Data

ID4138933
AuthorsFrancis M Vanek (University of Pennsylvania), Francis Vanek (University of Pennsylvania, corresponding author)
Year2000
Volume32
Issue5
Pages817-832
Publication date2000-05-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEnvironment and Planning A Economy and Space (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0308-518X • E-ISSN: 1472-3409
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1068/a31184
OpenAlexW2141329735
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited9

The author presents a methodology which is used first to model a product-manufacturing-and-distribution system, and then to predict the resulting changes in environmental impact from changes either in taxation or in costs of inputs. A case study of the paper sector in the eastern and central United States is developed, derived from the 1993 US Commodity Flow Survey. From an analysis of five scenarios, two central findings arise: (1) the model is found to be unresponsive to even large changes in transport taxation, so an environmental policy which considers both transportation and production aspects at the same time is favored, and (2) fluctuations in raw-material costs can have an influence on environmental impact as great as or greater than that of changes in taxation levels

Business · Commodity · Economics · Environmental economics · Environmental impact assessment · Environmental policy · Industrial organization · Macroeconomics · Manufacturing sector · Natural resource economics · Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies · Energy, Environment, Economic Growth · Environmental Impact and Sustainability

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