Abstract: This chapter presents the prospect of reducing energy use and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions through the integration of advanced energy-saving technologies, among a number of operations for tackling the energy challenges associated with urban transport in the developing world. The author of the chapter acknowledges that such measures for reducing vehicle fuel consumption come at an economic cost and that this will inevitably present policy tensions. The author sees the dramatic growth of the urban building stock as potentially offering new opportunities for the implementation of these measures, if coordinated in a manner that jointly seeks to achieve a significant reduction in energy use for urban transport and related GHG emissions. This potential, like many other advocated initiatives, very much relies however on an enhanced institutional capability to deliver such outcomes, which reinforces the importance of the need for accompanying institutional development.
Publication Year: 2011
Publication Date: 2011-03-31
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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