Titre :

International comparisons of energy and environmental efficiency in the road transport sector

Auteur(s) :

Ben Abdallah, Khaled [Auteur]
Université du Littoral Côte d'Opale [ULCO]
Territoires, Villes, Environnement & Société - ULR 4477 [TVES]
Belloumi, Mounir [Auteur]
Université de Sousse
De Wolf, Daniel [Auteur]
Université du Littoral Côte d'Opale [ULCO]
Territoires, Villes, Environnement & Société - ULR 4477 [TVES]

Titre de la revue :

Energy

Pagination :

2087-2101

Éditeur :

Elsevier

Date de publication :

2015-12-15

ISSN :

0360-5442

Mot(s)-clé(s) en anglais :

Energy road transportEnergy
efficiency
Environmental efficiency
Energy performance
Theil coefficient

Discipline(s) HAL :

Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Economies et finances
Sciences de l'ingénieur [physics]/Autre

Résumé en anglais : [en]

The present work provides an international comparison of the energy intensity and the carbon dioxide intensity in road transport for a group of 90 countries over the period 1980e2012. This paper attempts to perform a ...
Lire la suite >The present work provides an international comparison of the energy intensity and the carbon dioxide intensity in road transport for a group of 90 countries over the period 1980e2012. This paper attempts to perform a comparative analysis to find the most appropriate mapping of the energy performance in road transport taking into account the three dimensions of sustainable energy development, namely road transport-related energy consumption, economic growth and carbon dioxide emissions. An important result of the study is the inverse relationship between energy efficiency and environmental efficiency. Through the calculated Theil coefficient, our empirical findings highlight the existence of spatial and temporal disparities between countries. In 2012, Tunisia occupies the 48th and the 38th rank respectively in terms of energy and environmental efficiency. Based on a general index of energy performance in the road transport sector, it is deemed to have a mediumehigh energy performance by occupying the 34th rank. The study shows the importance of enhancing a number of policies for the road transport system through the joint improvement of the fuel price policy, of the road infrastructure policy and of the fuel-efficient road vehicles policy, in order to maintain sustainable energy road transport.Lire moins >

Langue :

Anglais

Comité de lecture :

Oui

Audience :

Internationale

Vulgarisation :

Non

Collections :

• Territoires, Villes, Environnement & Société (TVES) - ULR 4477

Source :

Harvested from HAL