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Consideration Of Life Cycle Energy Use And Greenhouse Gas Emissions In Road Infrastructure Planning Processes: Examples Of Sweden, Norway, Denmark And The Netherlands

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  • SOFIIA MILIUTENKO

    (Division of Environmental Strategies Research (fms), KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden)

  • INGEBORG KLUTS

    (Environmental Systems Analysis Group, Wageningen University, the Netherlands;
    Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, Utrecht University, the Netherlands)

  • KRISTINA LUNDBERG

    (Ecoloop, Sweden)

  • SUSANNA TOLLER

    (Division of Environmental Strategies Research (fms), KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden;
    Swedish Transport Administration (Trafikverket), Sweden)

  • HELGE BRATTEBØ

    (Department of Energy and Process Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway)

  • HARPA BIRGISDÓTTIR

    (Harpa Birgisdottir Consulting, Denmark)

  • JOSÉ POTTING

    (Division of Environmental Strategies Research (fms), KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden;
    Environmental Systems Analysis Group, Wageningen University, the Netherlands)

Abstract

Energy use and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions associated with life cycle stages of road infrastructure are currently rarely assessed during road infrastructure planning. This study examines the road infrastructure planning process, with emphasis on its use of Environmental Assessments (EA), and identifies when and how Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) can be integrated in the early planning stages for supporting decisions such as choice of road corridor. Road infrastructure planning processes are compared for four European countries (Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and the Netherlands).The results show that only Norway has a formalised way of using LCA during choice of road corridor. Only the Netherlands has a requirement for using LCA in the later procurement stage. It is concluded that during the early stages of planning, LCA could be integrated as part of an EA, as a separate process or as part of a Cost-Benefit Analysis.

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  • Sofiia Miliutenko & Ingeborg Kluts & Kristina Lundberg & Susanna Toller & Helge Brattebø & Harpa Birgisdóttir & José Potting, 2014. "Consideration Of Life Cycle Energy Use And Greenhouse Gas Emissions In Road Infrastructure Planning Processes: Examples Of Sweden, Norway, Denmark And The Netherlands," Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management (JEAPM), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 16(04), pages 1-26.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:jeapmx:v:16:y:2014:i:04:n:s1464333214500380
    DOI: 10.1142/S1464333214500380
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