What is it about?
The study compares the policies from road transport between two big cities: one in South America (Sao Paulo) e other in Asia n(Shanghai) and shows what each city prioritized, the results and what is necessary to mitigate CO2 emissions from road transport.
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Why is it important?
Transport the the second large CO2 emitter worldwide. The projections show the huge growth of transport up to 2050. Identify the best policies implemented in big cities to mitigate CO2 emissions from transport sector can be useful to avoid the effects of climate change.
Perspectives
The study compares road transportation of Sao Paulo versus Shanghai by CO2 emissions, energy consumption in road transport and public policies. The study reveled that the two cities prioritized different strategies and show what the best policies to mitigation CO2 emission in transport by both cities.
Dr. Evaldo Costa
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
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This page is a summary of: CO2 emissions and mitigation policies for urban road transportation: Sao Paulo versus Shanghai, urbe Revista Brasileira de Gestão Urbana, October 2018, FapUNIFESP (SciELO),
DOI: 10.1590/2175-3369.010.supl1.ao15.
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