Abstract
There is significant interest in reducing urban growth impacts yet little information exists to comprehensively estimate the energy and air quality tradeoffs. An integrated transportation and land-use life-cycle assessment framework is developed to quantify the long-term impacts from residential infill, using the Phoenix light rail system as a case study. The results show that (1) significant reductions in life-cycle energy use, greenhouse gas emissions, respiratory, and smog impacts are possible; (2) building construction, vehicle manufacturing, and energy feedstock effects are significant; and (3) marginal benefits from reduced automobile use and potential household behavior changes exceed marginal costs from new rail service.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 395-410 |
Number of pages | 16 |
Journal | Journal of Planning Education and Research |
Volume | 33 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Dec 2013 |
Keywords
- air quality
- energy
- environment
- greenhouse gases
- growth management
- housing
- land use
- life-cycle assessment
- sustainability
- transit-oriented development
- transportation
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Geography, Planning and Development
- Development
- Urban Studies