Template-type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: Cadena Gaitan, Carlos
Author-Email: cadena@merit.unu.edu
Author-Workplace-Name: UNU-MERIT/MGSoG
Title: Political determinants of sustainable transport in Latin American cities  
Abstract: This paper examines patterns within the broad trends towards 
	 sustainability in transport systems of Latin American cities. We provide 
	 an empirical characterization of the sustainability levels for several 
	 urban transport systems in this region, and use it as the base for 
	 comparing and contrasting the levels of engagement of each city with the 
	 principles of sustainability in transport. We perform this 
	 characterization by composing a ranking that rates transport 
	 sustainability as an aggregation of its three core dimensions: social, 
	 economic, and environmental. We present this ranking as the 'Green 
	 Transport Index for Latin American Cities'. 
Classification-JEL: R40, R49
Keywords: green transport, sustainable transport, sustainability index, 
	 transport policy, Latin America.
Series: UNU-MERIT Working Papers
Creation-Date: 2012
Number: 072
File-URL: http://www.merit.unu.edu/publications/wppdf/2012/wp2012-072.pdf
File-Format: application/pdf
File-Size: 275 Kb
Handle: RePEc:unm:unumer:2012072