Title: Integrated assessment of environmental impact of traffic and transport infrastructure
1- Integrated assessment of environmental impact of
traffic and transport infrastructure - COST 350
- Presentation IAIA June 18
- Mirjam Roorda Knape
2Outline
- What is Cost ?
- What is Cost 350?
- What is Cost 350 about?
- What is Cost 350 going to do?
- Interested?
3What is Cost?
4What is Cost (1)?
- European Co-operation in the Field of Scientific
and Technical Research - Europe-wide programme co-ordination of national
research - Founded in 1971.
- 25 signatory countries and the European
Commission. - The research areas defined by participants
themselves - Finances the travelling, meetings and seminars,
exchanges of researchers and some short research
works.
5What is Cost (2)?
- Meeting other European scientists
- to compare their approaches,
- to share their results,
- to build scientific consensus,
- to define the research needs.
6What is Cost 350 ?
- A large number of experts (commitment of 18
countries) - Countries signed the MoU Cyprus, France,
Germany, Hungary, Czech Republic, Ireland, Italy,
the Netherlands, Latvia, England, Spain, Greece
and Belgium - Management Committee
- 8 dedicated Working Groups
- Support of the Cost secretariat
7What is Cost 350 about (1)?
- Problem definition
- Tension exists between various spatial functions
as result of mobility - Not much is done to integrate elements necessary
for optimisation of spatial functions - Up till now research results are hardly
integrated or used in decision making processes - EU Implementation of SEA directive in 2004, put
into practice not easy
8What is Cost 350 about (2)?
- main objective of the action
To establish a concept integrating at regional
scale all the environmental aspects of traffic an
land-transport infrastructure in relation to the
decision making process. This in order to assist
policy makers at an earlier stage of their
decision-making on transport and mobility.
9What is Cost 350 about (3)?
- secondary objectives of the action
- To optimise use of existing research results
regarding environment and transport - To formulate new, integrated parameters which
have a certain universality - To achieve a common understanding of the
importance and concept of integration of
environmental aspects and the transport modes - To identify further research requirements
10What is Cost 350 about ? (4)
- Benefits to users
- National Government Policy Maker
- Regional Planner and Policy Maker
- Managers of large infrastructure
projects/programs - Research Institutes/Academia
11What is Cost 350 going to do? (1)
- Work Programme
- One work package per deliverable ( 8 total)
- WP1 to produce a methodological guidance and
frameworks - WP2-5 Four work packages to
- sort out an aspect of the integral approach
- produce a deliverable report
- WP6 to produce an integration concept based on
WP2-5 - WP 8 to write a final report and disseminate the
results
12What is Cost 350 going to do? (2)
- Scientific programma and Deliverables
- WP1 Methodological guide
- Guidance and integration frameworks
- WP2 Inventory of environmental mechanisms and
decision-making mechanisms. - The result will be an overview of the
environmental mechanisms, the public perception
of the environment and decision-making
mechanisms.
13What is Cost 350 going to do? (3)
- Scientific programma and Deliverables
- WP3 Inventory of traffic and transport
characteristics. - The relevant traffic and transport
characteristics will be described in relation to
the environment and the spatial balance. - WP4 Inventory of measures.
- The result will be an overview of possible
measures, which can reduce the burden on the
environment caused by transportation.
14What is Cost 350 going to do? (4)
- Scientific programma and Deliverables
- WP5 Inventory of integration methods.
- Overview, terms of reference and basic structure
of relevant models. - WP6 Integrative Synthesis.
- Description of the relations between the studied
elements and a methodology to integrate the
elements and make the information useful for
decision-making.
15What is Cost 350 going to do? (5)
- Scientific programma and Deliverables
- WP7 Further research requirements.
- Identified further research requirements will be
described in a report - WP8 Dissemination.
- Final report, presentations, publications,
internet
16What is Cost 350 going to do? (6)
Timetable
17Interested ?
Chairman M.S. Koster (NL) tel. 31 (15)
2518517 fax 31 (15) 2518555 e-mail
m.s.koster_at_dww.rws.minvenw.nl Secretary M.
Carle tel. 32 (0) 2 296 8237, fax 32
(0) 2 296 4289 email magnus.carle_at_cec.eu.int
More information about Cost http//www.cordis.lu/
cost-transport/home.html More information about
the Cost 350 project, see the private page
http//www.minvenw.nl/rws/dww/home/cost350/ userna
me cost350, password impact
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