Mobility Indicators Put to Test – German Strategy for Sustainable Development Needs to be Revised

Gerlach, Julia; Richter, Nadja; Becker, Udo J.

doi:10.1016/j.trpro.2016.05.077

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“…The use of sustainable mobility indicators is considered a key instrument for developing transport policies at the international, regional, and local levels [64][65][66][67][68]. Indicators have become a tool for monitoring progress towards sustainable development.…”

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confidence: 99%

Transport Mode Choice for Residents in a Tourist Destination: The Long Road to Sustainability (the Case of Mallorca, Spain)

Ruiz

Seguí-Pons

2020

Sustainability

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Sustainable mobility policies may encounter social, economic, and cultural barriers to successful implementation that need to be assessed. In this sense, knowledge of the population’s mobility habits and their relationship with transport modes is particularly essential. Along these lines, a study was carried out of the patterns of transport modes chosen concerning various social and territorial variables on the island of Mallorca based on the most recent mobility surveys. The study shows that the choice of mode is influenced by a wide range of factors, such as gender, age group, motive for the trip, occupation, region of residence, duration of the trip, and proximity to Palma, the capital of the island. The results indicate that private vehicles are the most often chosen mode of transport. Private vehicles are mainly used by working men between 30 and 44 years old for journeys between home and work, which do not exceed 30 min and are preferably in areas close to Palma. Sustainable modes are little used, although they are mainly used by women, young people, and retired people for work purposes and for access to educational and health centers. The demand for transport generated by the resident population and tourist activity and the negative externalities generated by mobility in private vehicles are closely related on a municipal level (Pearson’s coefficient 0.84, p = 0.00). However, the modal distribution does not seem to be directly related to these factors. Instead, it develops a more conditioned distribution by access to rail transport infrastructures and other geographical factors. In recent years, the Balearic Islands’ public administration launched the Balearic Islands Sectorial Mobility Plan 2019–2026, which aims to promote sustainable modes and reduce the use of private vehicles. This plan represents a considerable economic investment, but will also require great institutional coordination and cultural changes in the population’s perception of mobility. The study shows that the implementation of sustainable modes on the island requires a global vision of mobility issues that integrates urban planning and tourism planning to make the land-use model more sustainable.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Transport Mode Choice for Residents in a Tourist Destination: The Long Road to Sustainability (the Case of Mallorca, Spain)

Ruiz

Seguí-Pons

2020

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“…Indicators have become an important and widely used instrument to evaluate progress towards a more sustainable development (Gerlach et al, 2016). Tvaronavičienė, 2007).…”

Section: Sustainable Developmentmentioning

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Sustainable Development: The Circular Economy Indicators’ Selection Model

Banaitė¹,

Tamošiūnienė²

2016

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Circular economy conception is a result of development of sustainability. Since 1987, when the World Commission on Environment and Development (WCED) has developed and published the document "Our Common Future", numerous institutions monitor sustainable development (SD) at global, national or regional level. Recently The European Commission adopted a Circular Economy Package, which consists of an EU Action Plan for the Circular Economy that establishes a concrete programme of action, with measures covering the whole cycle and sets out the timeline when the actions will be complete. This paper analyses and tries to answer a question about what should be taking into account setting circular economy indicators.

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“…At the European Union level, a series of papers have analyzed various aspects related to the SDG in different countries, such as Italy [26][27][28][29], Germany [30,31], France [32], and Spain [33,34]. Since the mentioned countries are part of a union, it should also be noted that many studies focus on determining the sustainability of the European Union [25,[35][36][37].…”

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Envisioning Romania’s Path to Sustainable Development: A Prognostic Approach

Ciucu-Durnoi,

Florescu,

Delcea

2023

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The objectives of sustainable development aim to find a balance between economic, social, and ecological plans through which to reduce the use of the planet’s resources without somehow affecting human well-being. As we have already entered the second half of the time allotted to achieve these goals, it is necessary to note what progress has been made and to have a future analysis of what may happen to see what can be done to bring this plan to an end. Hence, the aim of this paper is to assess the extent to which Romania is projected to attain its sustainable development goals. In order to be able to forecast the route that some of the sustainable development objectives are heading towards (among which there are elements related to agriculture, energy poverty, pollution, innovation, youth education, etc.), values were forecast for a period of three years using the ARIMA method, having as historical data the period 2015–2021. According to the analysis carried out, for some objectives, the situation seems to be flourishing, but this is not the case for all the analyzed indicators. Thus, it should be taken into account that, at the European level, Romania occupies, in many cases, low positions in terms of the progress made and that it is possible that some of the objectives will not be met.

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Mobility Indicators Put to Test – German Strategy for Sustainable Development Needs to be Revised

Cited by 9 publications

References 7 publications

Transport Mode Choice for Residents in a Tourist Destination: The Long Road to Sustainability (the Case of Mallorca, Spain)

Transport Mode Choice for Residents in a Tourist Destination: The Long Road to Sustainability (the Case of Mallorca, Spain)

Sustainable Development: The Circular Economy Indicators’ Selection Model

Envisioning Romania’s Path to Sustainable Development: A Prognostic Approach

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