Open AccessLife cycle assessment of the environmental impacts of transport infrastructure and individual modes of transport
Author(s) -
Kristína Kováčiková,
Antonín Kazda
Publication year - 2021
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Conference proceedings
DOI - 10.26552/pas.z.2021.2.18
Subject(s) - life cycle assessment , environmental impact assessment , terminology , mode of transport , environmental science , perspective (graphical) , environmental resource management , computer science , environmental planning , environmental economics , transport engineering , business , engineering , ecology , public transport , linguistics , philosophy , macroeconomics , artificial intelligence , production (economics) , economics , biology
The paper is focused on the assessment of the environmental impacts of transport infrastructure and individual types of transport using the life cycle assessment method. The paper contains a description of the basic terminology of the problem related to transport, the environment and methods of environmental impact assessment. The paper contains analysis on monitoring carbon dioxide emissions from a global perspective as well as from a regional perspective focused on Slovakia. The aim of the paper is to create a proposal for the assessment of environmental impacts of transport infrastructure, in the form of specification of areas of assessment for selected types of transport with a focus on carbon dioxide emissions. Using the knowledge and principles of the life cycle method, a proposal for relevant indicators and a proposal for a comprehensive assessment of the impacts of selected types of transport, focused on carbon dioxide emissions, is created in the paper