The carbon footprint appraisal of local visitor travel in Brazil: A case of the Rio de Janeiro-Sao Paulo itinerary

JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION

卷:141

Article

Toffano Pereira, Rodrigo Pinheiro¹  Ribeiro, Glaydston Mattos¹  Filimonau, Viachaslau² 

[1] Univ Fed Rio de Janeiro, Alberto Luiz Coimbra Inst Grad Studies & Res Engn, Ave Horacio Macedo 2030,Cidade Univ, BR-21941972 Rio De Janeiro, Brazil

[2] Bournemouth Univ, Fac Management, Poole BH12 5BB, Dorset, England

关键词: Carbon footprint;    Climate change;    Tourism transport;    Local visitor travel;    Life cycle assessment (LCA);    Brazil;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.09.049

来源: Elsevier

【 摘 要 】

Tourism transportation contributes substantially to the global carbon footprint. This contribution is predicted to enlarge, especially in 'emerging' tourism markets, and hence urgent carbon mitigation is necessary. Effective mitigation is determined by reliable carbon footprint assessments whose number is however limited, particularly for developing countries with growing tourism. This study applied the life cycle assessment (LCA) based method to appraise the carbon significance of various transport modes between Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo, the key itinerary for travel with leisure and tourism purposes by local residents and overseas visitors in Brazil. Given the envisaged rise in biofuel use in the Brazilian transportation sector, this study is unique in that it evaluated the carbon reduction potential offered by biofuel. The study demonstrated that overland public transport represents the most carbon-efficient mode of local transportation. It further highlighted the crucial role of biofuel in minimising the carbon intensity of transportation between Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo. Policy-making and managerial recommendations were put forward to facilitate more climate-benign local transportation practices. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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