scholarly journals Situation Analysis of Policies for Electric Mobility Development: Experience from Five European Regions

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (7) ◽  
pp. 2935
Author(s):  
Kamile Petrauskiene ◽  
Jolanta Dvarioniene ◽  
Giedrius Kaveckis ◽  
Daina Kliaugaite ◽  
Julie Chenadec ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Qualitative Methodology ◽  
High Energy ◽  
The European Union ◽  
European Regions ◽  
Sustainable Mobility ◽  
Charging Infrastructure ◽  
Energy Demands ◽  
Information And Communication

The decarbonization of the mobility and energy sector is one of the major necessary trends for achieving targets set for the European Union (EU) in the 2020 and 2030 climate and energy frameworks. Two key technologies which offer great potential for climate change mitigation are electric vehicles (EVs) and renewable energies (REs). Thus, there is the need for innovative and stable policies in order to favor these technologies. The purpose of the study is to identify and compare features of policies for the integration of EVs, REs, and information and communication technology (ICT). This study uses an integrated Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats (SWOT), and Political, Economic, Social, Technological, Environmental and Legal (PESTEL) qualitative methodology in order to show different policies and initiatives, related to e-mobility, RE and ICT, collected from five European regions. This research provides discernments to the EVs and RE challenges, such as the lack of capacity to deal with high energy demands or limited EV-charging infrastructure. On the contrary, a high percentage of REs share, raising climate change awareness, and decreasing EV prices which are great opportunities for the whole EU. Such insights encourage policymakers and other groups of interest to improve their RE and mobility policies, which could lead to effective sustainable mobility systems in urban areas.

scholarly journals Development of a biking index for measuring Mediterranean cities mobility

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 21
Author(s):  
L. Ros-McDonnell ◽  
M.V. De-la-Fuente ◽  
D. Ros-McDonnell ◽  
M. Cardós
Keyword(s):  
Urban Areas ◽  
Field Data ◽  
Survey Methodology ◽  
Urban Environments ◽  
Urban Transport ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Sustainable Mobility ◽  
Mobility Index ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Motorized Vehicles

<p>The European Union, its member states and local authorities have been working for long time on the design of solutions for future sustainable mobility. The promotion of a sustainable and affordable urban transport contemplates the bicycle as a mean of transport. The reasons for analysing the cycling mobility in urban areas, has its origin in the confrontation with motorized vehicles, as a sustainable response to the environment. In this context of sustainable mobility, the research team has studied the use of bicycles in Mediterranean cities, specifically in coastal tourist areas.  The present work shows the development of a mobility index oriented to the bicycle, transport that competes with the private vehicle. By means of a survey methodology, the research group proceeded to collect field data and the subsequent analysis of them, for the development of a mobility index adapted to bicycle mobility, and with possibilities to adapt to urban environments.</p>

scholarly journals THE LINKAGE BETWEEN CLIMATE CHANGE AND ENERGY CONSUMPTION OF HUNGARY IN THE ROAD TRANSPORTATION SECTOR

Transport ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 134-138 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katalin Tanczos ◽  
Adam Torok
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Environmental Pollution ◽  
Co2 Emission ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Transportation Systems ◽  
Transport Sector ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Road Transportation ◽  
Sustainable Mobility ◽  
The Sustainable Development

The aim of this article is to prove the connection between CO2 emission and climate change, and to estimate the CO2 emission of the transport sector in Hungary. We have to clarify the emission of the transport sector in order to get information on externalities, which is a further step toward a sustainable society. The sustainable development is a development, where the pace of technical development, the satiation of increasing supply and the raw materials and resources of Earth are poised so that the rate of living and opportunities of the next generations need not be worse. One of the most emphasized goals of the transport policy of the European Union is sustainable mobility. For this reason transportation systems must be developed and standardized, the effectiveness of transportation services must be increased, while the environmental pollution must be decreased or prevented. Decoupling motorization from environmental pollution is the task for engineers. Decoupling the increase of economical activity from mobility is the task for economists.

Regeneration of urban and post-industrial areas within the context of adaptation to climate change – the Polish perspective

2018 ◽  
Vol 53 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
Justyna Gorgoń
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Policy Development ◽  
Urban Policy ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Adaptation To Climate Change ◽  
Urban Issues ◽  
Post Industrial ◽  
The Impact

AbstractAdaptation to climate change has become an important element of urban policy development in the member states of the European Union. These issues are dealt with in EU documents, as well as in national and local strategies and city adaptation plans. In Poland, the challenge of preparing for climate change has been presented in the Strategic Adaptation Plan for Sectors and Areas Sensitive to Climate Change in Poland within the Perspective of 2030 referring to sectors and areas sensitive to the impact of climate change. Adaptation to climate change is a key element in creating spatial policy for cities and urbanised areas at different levels. One of the most important issues of this policy is the quality of the renovated urban areas and its role in connecting-up and strengthening adaptation capacity. Among the strategic areas indicated in the above-mentioned document, there is also urban policy taking climate change into consideration. One of the selected problem areas relating to the development of urban policy is the renewal and strengthening of the development potential of towns and cities via the regeneration of degraded urban areas and post-industrial land in cities. Both local authorities, entities whose professional role is to deal with urban issues, and the inhabitants of urbanised areas face a twofold challenge. This consists of enhancing the quality of urban areas via regeneration and strengthening the city’s potential for adaptation. That is why it is extremely important to notice the interconnections and opportunities provided by urban renewal and regeneration programmes and projects in the context of adaptation to climate change. Synergy of activities in those two areas of urban policy may bring about very measurable benefits and may enable a cohesive solution to be adopted with regard to many crucial environmental, social, and economic problems.

scholarly journals Comparative Life Cycle Assessment on City Quarter Level – A Case Study of Redensification

2021 ◽  
Vol 2042 (1) ◽  
pp. 012171
Author(s):  
Christina Meier-Dotzler ◽  
Hannes Harter ◽  
Farzan Banihashemi ◽  
Werner Lang
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle Assessment ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Residential Buildings ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Building Stock ◽  
Development Scenarios ◽  
Energy Demands ◽  
Urban City ◽  
Depth Analysis

Abstract The German and European climate action programs and the ongoing discussion of resource efficiency require an in-depth analysis of the building sector, especially with the background of the German refurbishment backlog and high energy demands of the German building stock. A Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) on the city quarter level allows fast and efficient evaluation of environmental impacts, emissions, and energy demands of densification in urban areas. This study presents LCA results for a specific urban city quarter. Thereby environmental and energetic values for specific building ages are developed and used to conduct LCA for the building construction and technical building services components. A 3D city model in CityGML-format of residential buildings serves as the basis for assessment. The results can be used to identify decisive drivers of energy demands and emissions and the saving potentials of different building development scenarios.

scholarly journals Impact Assessment of Electric Car Charging on LV Grids

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
SEERIN AHMAD
Keyword(s):  
Distribution System ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Environmental Concern ◽  
Flow Analysis ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Global Market ◽  
Load Flow ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Electric Cars ◽  
Electric Car

The market for electric cars is presently limited but it is expected to increase rapidly due to the increased environmental concern and technological advancements. Currently, car companies are designing electric cars for daily urban use, therefore in the near future, urban areas might have a large number of electric cars running on their streets during the day. It is obvious that these electric cars need to be recharged for further use which will be done in the evening or during the night. Due to their high-energy capacity, mass deployment of electric cars will have a significant impact on the distribution system, mostly on the LV grid by affecting the network voltage profiles and the loading of the grid elements such as transformer, etc. This impact will call the design of electric cars interface devices and the way future distribution system will be designed and controlled. In this thesis, we discussed briefly the technology behind the electric vehicles, different components, and working operation of EVs, most commonly used batteries and time to charge these batteries. We also discussed the different levels of charging and the required charging infrastructure to charge the EVs. In the next part, we have focused on the global market of EVs, especially in the European Union and Hungary, and the electric grid in Hungary, the present status of current load and future load in Budapest and in the country. Then we discussed the impacts caused by EVs on the grid and mitigation of these impacts by using different methods. Finally, we model the LV grid in the DigSilent Powerfactory software with parameters such as power factor and base active power of household loads and electric cars. Then, we run the load flow analysis to know how the power flows across each load varies and time-sweep analysis to know the loading on the transformer, voltages, and currents at different bus-bars and terminals. Then, we analyzed the obtained results to acquire the possible issues that electric car charging might have on the LV grid.

scholarly journals Assessing the Performance of Modal Interchange for Ensuring Seamless and Sustainable Mobility in European Cities

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 1001
Author(s):  
Elisa Conticelli ◽  
Gianluca Gobbi ◽  
Paula Isabella Saavedra Rosas ◽  
Simona Tondelli
Keyword(s):  
Traffic Congestion ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Noise Pollution ◽  
Urban Systems ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Sustainable Mobility ◽  
Design Solutions ◽  
Reduction Of Co2

In the European Union, more than 70% of the population lives in urban areas. Achieving more efficient and low-carbon mobility is crucial to ensuring urban systems are sustainable and tackling important challenges, such as reduction of CO2 emissions, air and noise pollution, and traffic congestion. Identifying effective strategies and design solutions that boost multimodal mobility and effective interchange among different sustainable means of transport can be a significant contribution in this area. This paper presents an easy-to-use methodology to assess the performance of policy measures and design solutions-oriented to foster modal interchange, with special regard to the configuration of the interchange hubs. The methodology is based on identifying key factors necessary to ensure an efficient multimodal interchange and the different types of interchanges that are frequently present in the urban realm. By grouping the key factors into nine different domains, and by weighing the key factors in relation to their importance, the methodology creates a decision support system to assess the performance of the current interchange, as well as of different planning and design scenarios. This methodology has been developed in the framework of the Interreg Europe MATCH-UP project and is conceived to support both designers and decision-makers whenever they have to reorganise existing transport hubs and policies, or design and plan new ones.

scholarly journals Novel Solutions or Rebranded Approaches: Evaluating the Use of Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) in Europe

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fearghus O'Sullivan ◽  
Ian Mell ◽  
Sarah Clement
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Urban Climate ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Horizon 2020 ◽  
Research And Innovation ◽  
Mitigation And Adaptation ◽  
Novel Concept

The Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) concept is the most recent entry to discussions around how “nature” can be mobilized to render urban areas more resilient to the threat of climate change. The concept has been championed by the European Commission (EC) as a tool that can transform contemporary environmental, social and economic challenges into opportunities for innovation, bolstering Europe's position as a leader in climate change mitigation and adaptation. With its current research and innovation programme—Horizon 2020—the EC looks to position itself as the global NBS frontrunner, providing funding to cities to act as NBS demonstrator projects across the continent. These are expected to provide best-practice examples that can be replicated globally. This paper focuses on three Horizon 2020-funded NBS demonstrator projects: Connecting Nature, URBAN GreenUP and Grow Green, each of which brings together a suite of urban partners from both within and outside the European Union (EU). It examines the internal “politics” i.e., the aims and internal governance and implementation issues associated with these projects, and analyses how partners perceive the NBS concept. To engage with these aims, interviews were conducted with a diverse set of NBS “practitioners” working within the three projects. Analysis showed that the projects aim to influence climate-change resilient and sustainable urbanism through the process of retrofitting cities with small-scale green and blue interventions, as well as help the EU secure stronger diplomatic relations with neighboring non-EU countries and key international trade partners. It also illustrated that for many project partners, NBS is perceived to be a novel concept, because it re-frames pre-existing terms such as Green and Blue Infrastructure (GBI) and Ecosystem Services (ES) in a way that makes principles of urban greening more understandable to lay audiences and more politically palatable for urban governments. However, partners also warn that this framing of NBS has led to a narrow and idealized representation of nature; one that simultaneously undervalues biodiversity and oversells the capacity of natural processes to provide “solutions” to urban climate vulnerability and broader patterns of unsustainable urbanism.

scholarly journals Challenge, Coordination, and Collaboration for Effective Rural Mobility Solutions

2020 ◽  
pp. 83-108
Author(s):  
Kate Pangbourne
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Sustainable Mobility ◽  
Demographic Trends ◽  
Rural Environments ◽  
Coordination And Collaboration

In this chapter, the author argues that mobility as a service (or MaaS) as a principal means of accessing transport may make it difficult to meet existing policy aims for sustainable mobility that addresses the climate change crisis and demographic trends. Strong governance will be needed to design MaaS for these challenges whilst addressing existing and future social injustices. Furthermore, without determined coordination, an inherent individualism at the heart of many current formulations of MaaS privileges urban areas with existing multimodal options and risks further excluding rural environments. Drawing on examples from Europe and beyond, concerns regarding the ability to assess unanticipated undesirable impacts of transport innovations that are MaaS-like in character are highlighted and discussed. How might authorities collaborate with each other and MaaS brokers to provide low carbon accessibility in rural areas?

scholarly journals Climate Change Mitigation Through Smart Environmental Monitoring of the Urban Ecosystem in Insular Touristic Cities: Experience from Rethymno and Madeira

2021 ◽  
pp. 129-147
Author(s):  
Maria Aryblia ◽  
Lúcio Quintal ◽  
Μiguel Ribeiro ◽  
Nikolaos Sifakis ◽  
Stavroula Tournaki ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Air Pollution ◽  
Environmental Monitoring ◽  
Traffic Congestion ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Environmental Benefits ◽  
Monitoring Systems ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Sustainable Mobility ◽  
Horizon 2020

AbstractCities, and general urban areas, contribute critically to climate change because of the GHGs related to traffic congestion, fossil fuel consumption, noise and air pollution. Air pollution, despite the noteworthy improvements during the last decades, still plays a significant role in the quality of living in European cities as it causes damages to health and ecosystems, thus making urgent the immoderate need of diminishing it. Within the Horizon 2020 CIVITAS DESTINATIONS project, six European island cities, which are highly attractive destinations for tourists worldwide, implemented various sustainable mobility measures. Among them, Funchal, Madeira-Portugal, and Rethymno, Crete-Greece, implemented two different environmental monitoring systems to measure and calculate a predetermined set of indicators, capable of estimating the environmental benefits in transport, economy, society, energy, and the environment. The monitoring systems were installed in specific sites all around these two cities, aiming, through the integrated sensors, to collect environmental data related to transport load, such as environmental indexes (temperature, humidity, noise) and air pollutants (CO2, CO, NOx, SO2, PM). The collection of critical and reliable data offers the opportunity for an effective evaluation of the overall performance of the implemented measures toward sustainable, environmentally friendly, and low-carbon mobility policies.

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