The impact of socioeconomic characteristics on CO2 emissions associated with urban mobility: Inequality across individuals

Concerns about the unequal distribution of greenhouse gas emissions attributable to mobility are gaining increasing attention in scholarly analyses as well as in the public policy arena. The factors influencing the emissions of individuals are largely undocumented, but they are assumed to be the sam...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Bel i Queralt, Germà, 1963-, Rosell i Segura, Jordi
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
OAI Identifier:oai:recercat.cat:2445/110844
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/110844
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Compensació d'emissions
Canvi climàtic
Escalfament global
Diòxid de carboni
Carbon offsetting
Climatic change
Global warming
Carbon dioxide
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Sumario:Concerns about the unequal distribution of greenhouse gas emissions attributable to mobility are gaining increasing attention in scholarly analyses as well as in the public policy arena. The factors influencing the emissions of individuals are largely undocumented, but they are assumed to be the same for all, be they low or high emitters. We use a household travel survey conducted in the metropolitan area of Barcelona to differentiate the factors that result in different rates of emission. It shows that the top 10% of emitters produce 49% of total emissions while 'non-daily' emitters make up 38.5% of the sample. We adopt a quantile regression approach, which reveals significant socioeconomic differences between groups of emitters. ...