The GPI Transportation Accounts: Sustainable Transportation in Halifax Regional Municipality
Authors: Aviva Savelson, MA, Ronald Colman, PhD, and William Martin
This 121-page report (which includes a 10-page executive summary) provides estimates of the economic costs of private vehicle use in HRM, including detailed breakdowns of the direct and indirect costs of driving in HRM. It also shows how many kilometres a year HRM residents drive, how much fuel they consume, and how many tonnes of greenhouse gases and air pollutants they emit. It compares the emissions of SUVs and minivans in HRM with those of cars, and provides a host of other statistics designed to help the Municipality measure its progress towards a more sustainable transportation system.
The detailed GPI indicators, measures, and cost estimates contained in this report are designed for use in implementing HRM's new Municipal Planning Strategy, which intends to create a more sustainable and environmentally friendly transportation system that reduces driving and congestion, encourages walking and bicycling, and supports much greater use of mass transit.
The GPI Transportation Accounts: Sustainable Transportation in Nova Scotia
Authors: Aviva Savelson, MA; Ronald Colman, PhD; Todd Litman, MES; Sally Walker, PhD; and Ryan Parmenter, MEDes
with assistance from William Martin, Clare Levin, Gillian Austin, Ben Gallagher, Jenny Gimian, Jaspal Marwah, and Antoni Wysocki
A comprehensive analysis of Nova Scotia's transportation system, including physical indicators and full-cost accounts. This report assess es the sustainability of the transportation system using 20 key indicators and a number of sub-indicators , and examines 15 different cost categories to assess the true cost of passenger road transportation in Nova Scotia . The study also provides recommendations for making transportation more efficient, affordable and sustainable, and examples of transportation best practices.
Authors: Sally Walker, Ronald Colman, Jeffrey Wilson, Anne Monette, & Gay Harley
A comprehensive, full cost-benefit analysis of the Nova Scotia Solid Waste-Resource Management Strategy, accounting for benefits like avoided greenhouse gas and air pollutant emissions; avoided liability costs; extended landfill life; and increased employment. It also accounts for the costs of the bottle deposit-refund, tire recycling, and stewardship programs, and the cost of the extra time needed to sort waste.
Authors: Anne Monette, MES; Ronald Colman, Ph.D; and Jeff Wilson, BES
The environmental impact of consumption patterns, including transportation, residential energy use, and food consumption in Prince Edward Island. Includes 40-year ecological footprint trends, with projections to 2020 and assessments of alternative footprint reduction options.
Authors: Anne Monette, MES; Ronald Colman, Ph.D; and Jeff Wilson, BES
The environmental impact of consumption patterns, including transportation, residential energy use, and food consumption in Nova Scotia. Includes trends over time, projections to 2020 and assessments of alternative footprint reduction options.
Authors: Sally Walker, Ph.D; Anne Monette, MES and Ronald Colman, Ph.D
Economic viability and capacity of the agricultural sector in Nova Scotia including trends in farm debt, income, costs, and a range of indicators of financial viability.
An introduction to the GPI greenhouse gas accounts that examines the fundamental principles on which the GPI approach to resource use is based and describes the framework of the larger study.
Abstract: More fossil fuel emissions register as economic growth, and are therefore conventionally interpreted as "progress" in the standard market statistics, even though they may be contributing to climate change that will likely imperil the well being of future generations. By constrast, the Genuine Progress Index regards a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions as a sign of progress.
This brief introduction to the GPI greenhouse gas account examines the fundamental principles on which the GPI approach to resource use is based and describes the framework of the larger study. It also gives a preliminary assessment of the potential impact of climate change on Nova Scotia, lists some early results, and proposes a framework to evaluate alternative greenhouse gas reduction options.
Authors: Sally Walker, Ph.D.; Ron Hilburn, Ph.D., and Ronald Colman, Ph.D.
Direct and indirect costs of greenhouse gas emissions in the freight transport sector, including cost-benefit analysis of partial shift from road to rail transport.
