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ID105768
Title ProperDecoupling urban transport from GHG emissions in Indian cities
Other Title Informationa critical review and perspectives
LanguageENG
AuthorLi, Jun
Publication2011.
Summary / Abstract (Note)How to sustain rapid economic and urban growth with minimised detriment to environment is a key challenge for sustainable development and climate change mitigation in developing countries, which face constraints of technical and financial resources scarcity as well as dearth of infrastructure governance capacity. This paper attempts to address this question by investigating the driving forces of transport demand and relevant policy measures that facilitate mitigating GHG emissions in the urban transport sector in Indian cities based on a critical review of the literature. Our overview of existing literature and international experiences suggests that it is critical to improve urban governance in transport infrastructure quality and develop efficient public transport, coupled with integrated land use/transport planning as well as economic instruments. This will allow Indian cities to embark on a sustainable growth pathway by decoupling transport services demand of GHG emissions in the longer term. Appropriate policy instruments need to be selected to reconcile the imperatives of economic and urban growth, aspiration to higher quality of life, improvements in social welfare, urban transport-related energy consumption and GHG emissions mitigation target in Indian cities.
`In' analytical NoteEnergy Policy Vol. 39, No. 6; Jun 2011: p3503-3514
Journal SourceEnergy Policy Vol. 39, No. 6; Jun 2011: p3503-3514
Key WordsIndia ;  Urban Transport ;  GHG Mitigation