Title :

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

Author(s) :

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

Journal title :

Energy

Pages :

2087-2101

Publisher :

Elsevier

Publication date :

2015-12-15

ISSN :

0360-5442

English keyword(s) :

Energy road transportEnergy
efficiency
Environmental efficiency
Energy performance
Theil coefficient

HAL domain(s) :

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

English abstract : [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 ...
Show more >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.Show less >

Language :

Anglais

Peer reviewed article :

Oui

Audience :

Internationale

Popular science :

Non

Collections :

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

Source :

Harvested from HAL