The role of high-speed rail in mitigating climate change - The Swedish case Europabanan from a life cycle perspective

Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 208-217

  Åkerman, Jonas ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Climate change; High speed rail; Infrastructure appraisal; Life cycle assessment

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; INVESTMENTS; LIFE CYCLE; RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION; RAILROADS; SPEED; TRANSPORTATION;

HIGH SPEED RAIL; INFRASTRUCTURE APPRAISAL; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); LIFE CYCLE EMISSIONS; LIFE CYCLE PERSPECTIVES; PASSENGER MARKET; RAIL CAPACITY; RAIL FREIGHTS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; EMISSION CONTROL; FREIGHT TRANSPORT; INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; MITIGATION; RAILWAY TRANSPORT; TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE;

SWEDEN;

EID: 79251611465     PISSN: 13619209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trd.2010.12.004     Document Type: Article

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