Impact assessment of sustainable mobility in touristic cities of Europe: The CIVITAS DESTINATIONS approach on energy, environment and economy
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Τουρνακη Σταυρουλα
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Φαρμακη Ελενη
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Τσουτσος Θεοχαρης
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Farmaki Eleni
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Tsoutsos Theocharis
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Tournaki Stavroula
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Πολυτεχνείο Κρήτης
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Technical University of Crete
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European policies actively force towards a shift to low-emission mobility and have set the reduction of energy consumption in transport as a priority pillar in national/regional and European environmental policies. CIVITAS DESTINATIONS, funded by the European Commission within the framework of the Horizon 2020 programme, implements a set of reinforcing innovative mobility solutions to improve accessibility and cost-effectiveness of urban transport services and to reduce congestion, emissions and energy consumption in six EU island tourist destinations: Rethymno (Greece), Limassol (Cyprus), Valletta (Malta), Funchal (Portugal), Las Palmas (Spain) and Elba (Italy). Building on previous CIVITAS experience, 14 environmental indicators are proposed to provide a spherical overview of the energy and environment impacts. This work outlines a refined environmental assessment framework applied at the municipality of Rethymno. Common strategic goals, predefined performance indicators and common measurement/monitoring methods amongst all six destinations allow a consistent and comparable analysis at the project level.
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