Low Carbon Transport in Asia

by Zusman, Eric; Srinivasan, Ancha; Dhakal, Shobhakar

• ISBN13: 9781844079155
• ISBN10: 1844079155
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-01-11
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Without the effective participation of developing Asia, a climate crisis is certain. Within developing Asia, the key to averting such a crisis lies in low carbon transport. China, India and Asia's other emerging economies could promote fuel efficient vehicles, public transport, and sustainable urban planning. Or they could become locked into inefficient vehicles, energy intensive infrastructure, and suburban sprawl. The path they choose will have long-term implications for the entire world. And it will depend upon the extent to which they adopt a co-benefit approach. A co-benefit approach involves recognizing that some transport policies mitigate greenhouse gases while simultaneously improving urban air quality, commuting times and energy security. Accounting for these additional benefits can overcome a reluctance to bear the costs of climate actions. But it also presents unique technical, financial, and institutional challenges to decision-makers unaccustomed to optimizing multiple benefits. The book represents a pioneering effort to identify and remove barriers to a co-benefit approach in developing Asia's transport sector. The introductory section makes the case for co-benefits in developing Asia's transport sector. The second section features analytical frameworks to identify strategies with potential co-benefits, offering new findings on black carbon and dieselization. The third section grounds the analytic work in case studies on fuel switching in Pakistan, urban planning in Bandung, Indonesia, congestion charges in Beijing, vehicle restraints in Hanoi and bus rapid transit in Jakarta. A final section examines how the climate regime can help transform a rapidly motorizing Asia into a climate-friendly Asia.This book is essential reading for transport policy makers, planners, and researchers concerned with low carbon transport, climate change and development in Asia and the wider world.

Author Biography

Eric Zusman is a Senior Climate Policy Researcher at the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) in Hayama, Japan. Ancha Srinivasan is a Principal Climate Change Specialist at the Asian Development Bank in Manila, Philippines. Shobhakar Dhnkal is the Executive Director of the Global Carbon Project hosted by the National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES) in Tsukuba, Japan.

Table of Contents

List of figures	p. vii
List of tables	p. ix
List of contributors	p. xi
Foreword	p. xiv
Preface	p. xvi
Acknowledgements	p. xxii
Abbreviations	p. xxiv
Introduction	p. 1
Low carbon transport and co-benefits in Asia: an overview	p. 3
Analytical frameworks	p. 19
The co-benefits of transport policies in Asia: a review of the literature	p. 21
Maximising the co-benefits of light-duty dieselisation in Asia	p. 45
Reducing particulate matter emissions from buses and trucks in Asia: a framework to assess air pollution and climate change co-impacts	p. 68
Case studies	p. 95
Quantifying co-benefits from low carbon transport in Hanoi, Vietnam	p. 97
Analyzing the co-benefits of transport policies in Hyderabad, India	p. 119
The co-benefits of a city toll in Beijing: barriers and solutions	p. 135
Integrating land use, transport, energy, and the environment: the case of Bandung, Indonesia	p. 159
Enabling fuel switching in Pakistan: a case study of compressed natural gas	p. 179
The co-benefits of Jakarta's Bus Rapid Transit: getting the institutions right	p. 191
International initiatives and the way forward	p. 211
Japan's approach to co-benefits: recognition, implementation, and evaluation	p. 213
International climate change initiatives and low carbon transport in Asia: perspectives and prospects	p. 225
Low carbon transport and co-benefits in Asia: the way forward	p. 244
Index	p. 263
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