CO2 emissions and mitigation policies for urban road transportation
Sao Paulo versus Shanghai
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5944301 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Evaldo Costa (0000-0003-2528-9587, Universidade Nova de Lisboa), Julia Seixas (0000-0003-0355-0465, Universidade Nova de Lisboa), Patrícia Baptista (0000-0002-1377-9573), Patrícia C Baptista (0000-0003-1559-9151, University of Lisbon), Gustavo Costa (0000-0003-0637-7565, Military Institute of Engineering), Thomas Turrentine (University of California, Davis) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | suppl 1 |
| Pages | 143-158 |
| Publication date | 2018-10-29 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | urbe Revista Brasileira de Gestão Urbana (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2175-3369 • E-ISSN: 2175-3369 |
| Publisher | FapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1590/2175-3369.010.supl1.ao15 |
| OpenAlex | W2898218572 |
| SCIELO_PID | S2175-33692018000400143 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 11 |
This paper compares the energy consumption, CO2 emissions and public policies of two mega-cities, Sao Paulo (SP) and Shanghai (SH), in order to identify their GHG emissions mitigation policies. Both cities have experienced rapid growth of the automotive sectors resulting in sizable pollution and CO2 emission challenges. SP has successfully implemented the ethanol and encouraged the growth of the fleet of light-duty vehicles. SH has coal-based power generation and restricted the ownership of the vehicles in an attempt to reduce GHG emissions, invested in public transportation and electric mobility. Tabular analysis of secondary data was adopted in this study, revealing also that SP has considerably expanded individual transportation. Despite investments in ethanol, the city could not contain the increase in CO2 emissions from road transportation. SH invested in public transportation and inhibited individual transportation, but also failed to contain CO2 emissions. Mitigation policies and measures taken were not sufficient to prevent growth of CO2 emissions in both cities. To reduce CO2 emissions in transportation, SP and SH should focus on public policies to encourage public and clean transportation and limit the burning of fossil fuels
Business · Coal · Economics · Fossil fuel · Greenhouse gas · Natural resource economics · Public transport · Transport engineering · Waste management · Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies · Engineering · Environmental Science · Urban Transport and Accessibility · Vehicle emissions and performance
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| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |