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COST 356 EST - Towards the definition of a measurable environmentally sustainable transport

COST 356 EST - Towards the definition of a measurable environmentally sustainable transport. INTRODUCTION

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COST 356 EST - Towards the definition of a measurable environmentally sustainable transport

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  1. COST 356EST - Towards the definition of a measurable environmentally sustainable transport INTRODUCTION Most of the present strategic environmental assessments do not take into account properly the variety of the environmental impacts, or are using markers, indices and more generally tools which do not represent the impacts. A correct representation of the whole range of impacts is necessary to ensure that sustainability takes into account environmental issues to a satisfactory degree. This is especially important for the transport sector where the concerns and the stakes are important. • CONTACTS • Dr Robert Joumard, chairman, INRETS, tel +33 472 14 24 77, joumard@inrets.fr • Dr Henrik Gudmundsson, vice-chairman, DTF, tel +45 45 25 65 43, hgu@dtf.dk • COST 356 website: http://cost356.inrets.fr • OBJECTIVES • The main objective of the action is to design harmonized methods to build better environmental indicators for sustainable transport by using existing European indices. The action builds methods to be applied to the decision making process of the transport sector in the different European countries. This contributes to a systemic approach to environmental and transportation issues. • Besides and beyond the previous COST 350 action more focused on the user's point of view, action 356 deals with the scientific analysis and design of tools for environmental impact assessment. COST 356 focuses on the representativeness of the methods, either for evaluating sub-impacts such as health impacts, or for aggregating by a multi-criteria analysis the different sub-impact indices. • The final users should be mainly forecasting (or back-casting) analysts of the impact of the transport system and transport planners. • Finally the objectives of the action are: • To analyze the methods applied and the results obtained • To make a synthesis of the available data and to develop appropriate tools • To co-ordinate research • The duration of the action is October 2005 - January 2010 • WHO CAN PARTICIPATE TO COST 356? • The participants to the action are mainly scientists from signatory countries. Others may participate on an ad hoc basis. Different types of participation are possible: • Active participation through the working groups, by providing data, analyses, comments... • As user, providing user's demand, and mainly interested by the outputs of the action • By participating to the management committee (signatory countries only) • The present signatory countries are the following 19: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom. More countries are still welcome to sign.

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