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Chapter 9 An Economic Perspective: The Cost-Effectiveness of Carbon Reduction Measures in Transport

Abigail L. Bristow,
Alberto M. Zanni

Transport and Climate Change

ISBN: 978-1-78052-440-5, eISBN: 978-1-78052-441-2

ISSN: 2044-9941

Publication date: 11 May 2012

Abstract

Originality/value – It appears that government targets could be delivered and indeed exceeded at lower cost than the Low Carbon Transport Strategy. However, policy development is influenced by a wide range of factors which help to explain why cost-effective measures are not always fully exploited.

Keywords

  • Transport
  • Carbon mitigation
  • Cost-effectiveness

Citation

Bristow, A.L. and Zanni, A.M. (2012), "Chapter 9 An Economic Perspective: The Cost-Effectiveness of Carbon Reduction Measures in Transport", Ryley, T. and Chapman, L. (Ed.) Transport and Climate Change (Transport and Sustainability, Vol. 2), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Bingley, pp. 225-259. https://doi.org/10.1108/S2044-9941(2012)0000002012

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