Spatial organization, transport, and climate change: Comparing instruments of spatial planning and policy

F. Grazi (1) , J.C.J.M. van den Bergh (2, 3)

1 CIRED - centre international de recherche sur l'environnement et le développement
2 Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Institute for Environmental Studies, Free University, Amsterdam, Netherlands
3 UAB - Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona = Autonomous University of Barcelona = Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona

Approaching the analysis of climate policies from a spatial organization perspective is necessary for realizing both efficient and effective mitigation of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. In particular, it allows assessing the potential contribution of specific mechanisms of spatial organization and related spatial planning and policy to climate policy goals. So far, this spatial organization angle of climate policy has hardly received attention in the literature. The main sector significantly contributing to GHG emissions and sensitive to spatial organization and planning is urban transport. A qualitative evaluation of the available spatial organization policy options is provided, on the basis of four standard 'E criteria' and a decomposition of CO2 emissions. © 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Domaines: Sciences de l'environnement; Economies et finances; Science politique

F. Grazi, J.C.J.M. van den Bergh. Spatial organization, transport, and climate change: Comparing instruments of spatial planning and policy. Ecological Economics, 2008, 67 (4), pp.630-639. ⟨10.1016/j.ecolecon.2008.01.014⟩. ⟨hal-00716362⟩