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Cruise activity and pollution: the case of Barcelona

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  • Jordi Perdiguero Garcia

    (Departament d'Economia Aplicada, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona)

  • Alex Sanz

    (Departament d'Economia i Història Econòmica, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona)

Abstract

One of the main causes of mortality worldwide is air pollution. To tackle this problem, local, regional and national governments have implemented policies to reduce emissions from industrial and on-road sources. However, when these policies are being designed, shipping emissions are often overlooked. There has been a drastic increase in the demand for cruises and its economic relevance is also growing in port-cities. Barcelona is Europe’s leading cruise port, and it is located near the centre of the city. In this context, this paper analyses the impact of cruise ships in the air quality of the entire city of Barcelona using a dataset with information about pollutants and the number of cruises arriving to the port. We show that there is a direct impact between cruises staying at the port and city pollution. Additionally, the size and age of the cruise also affect air quality. The larger (or newer) the cruise is, the higher the emission generated. Moreover, our simulations show that the whole city is affected by these emissions.

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  • Jordi Perdiguero Garcia & Alex Sanz, 2019. "Cruise activity and pollution: the case of Barcelona," Working Papers wpdea1903, Department of Applied Economics at Universitat Autonoma of Barcelona.
    • Handle: RePEc:uab:wprdea:wpdea1903
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    Cited by:

    1. Emmanouil Doundoulakis & Spiros Papaefthimiou, 2022. "Comparative analysis of fuel consumption and CO2 emission estimation based on ships activity and reported fuel consumption: the case of short sea shipping in Crete," Greenhouse Gases: Science and Technology, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 12(5), pages 629-641, October.
    2. Yanan Yu & Yude Shao, 2021. "Challenges for Cruise Sustainable Development and Its Legal Response: The Case of China," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(11), pages 1-13, May.

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    Keywords

    Air pollution; Cruise ships emissions; Pollutants; Port externalities; Port of Barcelona; Urban air quality;
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    JEL classification:

    • D62 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Externalities
    • L91 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Transportation and Utilities - - - Transportation: General
    • Q53 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Air Pollution; Water Pollution; Noise; Hazardous Waste; Solid Waste; Recycling
    • R49 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Transportation Economics - - - Other

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