CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2007
| Author | Ersvik, Bjornar |
|---|---|
| Title | Sustainable Transport in Hungary and Norway - A comparative study of environmental considerations in the national transport policies of Hungary and Norway |
| Summary | The transport sector is an increasingly large contributor to the rising levels of CO2 in the atmosphere and source of other environmental problems, such as local air pollution, noise nuisance and destruction of natural habitats. It is increasingly important for countries today to have a sound national environmentally friendly transport policy that can contribute to a sustainable society. This thesis focuses on Hungary and Norway, two European countries which are quite different in their geographical characteristics, social development and transport structure. This research has attempted to look at these two countries as equal in terms of their goals to achieve a sustainable transport policy and to see what future environmental considerations they should include or improve in their national transport policy. Both the Hungarian and the Norwegian transport policy have outlined a focus on reducing environmental damage from the transport sector and describe their respective situation. The Norwegian National Transport Plan 2006-2015 goes more in depth about every aspect concerning the environment than the Hungarian Transport Policy 2003-2015. However, overall they are both not concrete enough in giving priority to measures that would either reduce private car use or that would give the necessary support to the most environmentally friendly modes of transportation for changes in the modal shift. Nevertheless, some transport related aspects show to have a better environmental focus in one country than in the other, and the other country should be able to learn from that experience in the end. |
| Supervisor | Illes, Zoltan |
| Department | Environment Sciences and Policy MSc |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2007/ersvik_bjornar.pdf |
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