| Author: | Mitchell, G. |
| Title: | Forecasting environmental equity: Air quality responses to road user charging in Leeds, UK |
| Journal: | Journal of Environmental Management
2005 : NOV, VOL. 77:3, p. 212-226 |
| Index terms: | sustainable development environmental quality justice transport roads pricing United Kingdom |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | When formulating development (here as: dev.) strategies (as: strs.), sustainable dev. requires the goals of economic development, environmental (as: env-al.)protection and social justice to get collectively considered. This paper examines the relationship btw. urban air quality (as NO2) and social deprivation for the city of Leeds, UK. A significant degree of env-al. inequity is found to exist in Leeds. Analysis of the transport strs. indicates that this inequity will be reduced through natural fleet renewal, and - maybe contrary to expectations - road user charging is also capable of promoting env-al. equity. However, the env-al. equity response is sensitive to road pricing scheme design. |
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