Evaluation of Ecological Footprint of Urban Transport Systems; a Novel Approach for Evaluation of Environmental Impacts of Transport Systems (Case study: City of Mashhad)
Inner-city transportation is an important element of urban system, which, on the one hand, provides the basis of movement and mobility for the city and makes possible the accessibility of people and citizens to different urban regions and land uses; and, on the other hand, expansion of urban transpo...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | fas |
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University of Sistan and Baluchistan
2017-09-01
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| Series: | جغرافیا و آمایش شهری منطقهای |
| Online Access: | https://gaij.usb.ac.ir/article_3384_8d6d11cf8261270ed58b044486a23836.pdf |
| Summary: | Inner-city transportation is an important element of urban system, which, on the one hand, provides the basis of movement and mobility for the city and makes possible the accessibility of people and citizens to different urban regions and land uses; and, on the other hand, expansion of urban transportation can have consequences such as growing rate of driving accidents, overusing fossil fuels, producing pollutants harmful for human health and the environment, and high costs resulting from these cases. The present research is aimed to evaluate the way urban transport systems of Mashhad city use fossil fuels, and its environmental consequences. Therefore, the research method used in the current research was analytical and practical approach, which firstly used survey, documentary and library studies to collect and study the data, and then calculated the rate of consumption and amount of land required for this amount of consumption using ecological footprint index, and finally proposed some suggestions for the reduction of fuel consumption and quality improvement of Mashhad city environment. The results of this research show that, in Mashhad city, bus transportation system has the highest compatibility with the environment, and is the only inner-city transportation system of Mashhad that shows lower per capita ecological footprint than global per capita. Furthermore, the findings show that each of transportation systems including minibus, taxi, private care and motorbikes use 2, 6, 12 and 5.5 times, respectively, more environmental resources in comparison to bus transportation system, and thus cause greater environmental damage to Mashhad city. |
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| ISSN: | 2345-2277 2783-5278 |