Life cycle externalities versus external costs: The case of inland freight transport in Belgium
This paper proposes a case study on Belgium in which externalities and external costs of inland freight transport modes in Belgium are compared for the year 2012. The well-known Life Cycle Assessment methodology is used to identify the updated specific Belgian externalities related to three categories of negative impacts: climate change, photochemical ozone formation and particulate matter formation. The obtained values of externalities are then compared to the related external cost values. The objective is to determine if these two tools can be used interchangeably. The authors find that road transport has the maximum impact for every environmental impact indicator, with rail freight transport presenting the minimum one. The authors identify that each category of negative impact on the environment does not represent the same percentage of global externalities and external costs. In the analysis of the environmental impact per mode, it is observed that, when external costs are considered instead of externalities, the impact of road transport is slightly increased compared to both impacts of rail and inland waterways. Using externalities and average external costs interchangeably for estimating the impact of specific transport categories on the environment may thus lead to different results and different related policies.
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- © 2019 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Abstract reprinted with permission of Elsevier.
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Authors:
- Merchan, Angel L
- Léonard, Angélique
- Limbourg, Sabine
- Mostert, Martine
- Publication Date: 2019-2
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Web
- Features: Figures; References; Tables;
- Pagination: pp 576-595
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Serial:
- Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment
- Volume: 67
- Issue Number: 0
- Publisher: Elsevier
- ISSN: 1361-9209
- Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/13619209
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Climate change; Externalities; Freight transportation; Inland water transportation; Life cycle analysis; Ozone; Particulates; Photochemical reactions
- Geographic Terms: Belgium
- Subject Areas: Environment; Finance; Freight Transportation; Planning and Forecasting;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01692172
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Feb 4 2019 2:46PM