Peter Bickel – författare

Transport causes a wide range of damage to human health, ecosytems and materials which are not reflected in the prices for transport. Thus, the damage caused by cars, planes, ships and trains should be known and transformed into monetary values, so called external costs. Within this book, a method to estimate the external costs stemming from the emissions of atmospheric pollutants of transport, including damage from greenhouse gases, fine particles, ozone, nitrous oxides, benzene and other carcinogenic substances, is described and applied to calculate the external costs of a huge number of current and future transport techniques operating in different locations all over Europe. A number of case studies demonstrate how the results can be used to aid policy decisions. The book is an important basis for assessing transport techniques, discussing transport taxes and charges and implementing ecopolitical instruments.

Ist die steuerliche Belastung der Autofahrer in der bestehenden Höhe berechtigt oder muß sie bei Anwendung des Verursacherprinzips erniedrigt oder gar weiter erhöht werden? Dies ist eine der zentralen Fragen mit denen sich dieses Buch beschäftigt. Die dabei angewandte Methode ist die Ermittlung der externen Kosten, also die Monetarisierung der auftretenden Schäden. Neben den Aufwendungen für den Bau und Unterhalt von Verkehrswegen sind dies vor allem Schäden an Personen, Umwelt und Materialien, die zu einem großen Teil von der Allgemeinheit getragen werden müssen. Die Autoren stellen damit rationale, nachvollziehbare Grundlagen für die aktuelle umwelt- und verkehrspolitische Diskussion zu Verfügung.

Transport causes a wide range of damage to human health, ecosytems and materials which are not reflected in the prices for transport. Thus, the damage caused by cars, planes, ships and trains should be known and transformed into monetary values, so called external costs. Within this book, a method to estimate the external costs stemming from the emissions of atmospheric pollutants of transport, including damage from greenhouse gases, fine particles, ozone, nitrous oxides, benzene and other carcinogenic substances, is described and applied to calculate the external costs of a huge number of current and future transport techniques operating in different locations all over Europe. A number of case studies demonstrate how the results can be used to aid policy decisions. The book is an important basis for assessing transport techniques, discussing transport taxes and charges and implementing ecopolitical instruments.