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Flights Dominate Travel Emissions of Young Urbanites

Flights Dominate Travel Emissions of Young Urbanites


Title: Flights Dominate Travel Emissions of Young Urbanites
Author: Czepkiewicz, Michał   orcid.org/0000-0001-7079-1723
Árnadóttir, Áróra
Heinonen, Jukka
Date: 2019-11-12
Language: English
Scope: 6340
University/Institute: Háskóli Íslands
University of Iceland
School: School of Engineering and Natural Sciences (UI)
Verkfræði- og náttúruvísindasvið (HÍ)
Department: Umhverfis- og byggingarverkfræðideild (HÍ)
Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering (UI)
Series: Sustainability;11(22)
ISSN: 2071-1050
DOI: 10.3390/su11226340
Subject: Domestic travel; Greenhouse gas emissions; International travel; Local travel; Modality style; Pro-environmental attitude; Transport; Urban planning; Ferðalög; Almenningssamgöngur; Gróðurhúsalofttegundir; Loftslagsbreytingar; Flug; Utanlandsferðir
URI: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11815/1601

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Czepkiewicz, M.; Árnadóttir, Á.; Heinonen, J. Flights Dominate Travel Emissions of Young Urbanites. Sustainability 2019, 11, 6340.

Abstract:

Transport is a key sector in reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. A consensus prevails on a causal relationship between distance to the city center and emissions from private transport, which has led to an emphasis on density in urban planning. However, several studies have reported a reverse association between the level of urbanity and emissions from long-distance leisure travel. Studies have also suggested that pro-environmental attitudes and climate change concerns are unrelated or positively related to emissions from long-distance travel. The goals of this case study were to find out the structure, levels, distribution, and predictors of GHG emissions from the local, domestic, and international travel of young adults of the Reykjavik Capital Region. A life cycle assessment (LCA) approach was utilized to calculate emissions, and the materials were collected with a map-based online survey. International leisure travel dominated the overall GHG emissions from personal travel regardless of residential location, modality style, or income level. A highly unequal distribution of emissions was found. A higher climate change awareness was found to predict higher GHG emissions from trips abroad. Emissions from leisure travel abroad were the highest in the city center, which was related to cosmopolitan attitudes among downtown dwellers.

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Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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