MANAGING THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF LAND TRANSPORT: A MEASURED APPROACH TO SUSTAINABILITY BY INTEGRATING ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS WITH URBAN PLANNING

From a "clean-sheet" study into the effects of vehicle emissions on local air quality, the New Zealand Ministry of Transport developed an approach referred to as Environmental Capacity Analysis (ECA). This is a practical analytical tool for managing the complexity of environmental effects, integrated with the routines of overall urban management. The guiding principles of ECA include: being impacts based; establishing clear targets; using a measured approach; demonstrating actual effectiveness and practicality of solutions; and being sustainable. The ECA process can be applied to any urban situation. Once developed for a specified location, the 'ECA package' becomes a live, geospatially defined model of the local equilibrium between emission loading patterns and receiving environment impacts. The ECA is able to track variations in urban form and activity (traffic and other). It can also determine what mitigation strategies are required, now or in the future, to maintain threshold targets and improve performance over time. (a) For the covering entry of this conference, please see ITRD abstract no. E210413.

• Corporate Authors:

  NZ INSTITUTE OF HIGHWAY TECHNOLOGY LTD

  PO BOX 4273
  NEW PLYMOUTH,   New Zealand 
• Authors:
  • Buckner, J
  • MONCRIEFF, I
• Conference:
  • AUSTRALASIAN TRANSPORT RESEARCH FORUM (ATRF), 26TH, 2003, WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND
• Publication Date: 2003

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 16 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air pollution; Conferences; Environment; Exhaust gases; Planning; Policy; Sustainable development; Transportation; Urban development
• Geographic Terms: New Zealand
• ITRD Terms: 2452: Air pollution; 8525: Conference; 2442: Emission; 2455: Environment; 8079: New Zealand; 143: Planning; 173: Policy; 2427: Sustainability; 1155: Transport; 374: Urban development
• Subject Areas: Planning and Forecasting; Policy; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00975594
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• Files: ITRD, ATRI
• Created Date: Jul 7 2004 12:00AM