Proceedings of the KSR Conference (한국철도학회:학술대회논문집)
- 2011.05a
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- Pages.536-543
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- 2011
Greenhouse gas emission of rail transportation at a local government level
지자체별 간선철도 수송에 따른 온실가스 배출량 산정
- Published : 2011.05.26
Abstract
The previous researches on railway sector have focused on the total greenhouse gas(GHG) emission through national approaches. The aim of this study was to calculate GHG emission at a local government level to measure each city's GHG intensity on rail transportation. This study followed 'the guidelines for local government greenhouse gas inventory(issued by Korea Environment Corporation)' including VKT(Vehicle kilometers Travelled) methodology for railway inventory at a metropolitan area. As a result, the gyeongsangbuk-do emitted the highest GHG emissions at a local government level, followed by chungcheongnam-do and chungcheongbuk-do in 2006. Among several cities, Gimcheon-city emitted the highest GHG at basic government level in 2006. In future, the calculation of GHG emissions at local government level can be applied to establish various policies for GHG reduction.
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