Quantitative Analysis of Sustainable Transport Development as a Support Tool for Transport System Management: Spatial Approach

Artur Czech, Katarzyna Gralak, Marzena Kacprzak and Agnieszka Król
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Artur Czech: Institute of Management and Technical Sciences, Warsaw Management University, 03-772 Warsaw, Poland
Katarzyna Gralak: Department of Development Policy and Marketing, Institute of Economics and Finance, Warsaw University of Life Sciences—SGGW, 02-787 Warsaw, Poland
Marzena Kacprzak: Department of Development Policy and Marketing, Institute of Economics and Finance, Warsaw University of Life Sciences—SGGW, 02-787 Warsaw, Poland
Agnieszka Król: Institute of Management and Technical Sciences, Warsaw Management University, 03-772 Warsaw, Poland

Energies, 2021, vol. 14, issue 19, 1-19

Abstract: The main aim of this paper is to assess sustainable transport development, particularly in Polish voivodeships, as well as to identify underdeveloped geographical areas. In order to deal with this research topic, both classical and multivariate order statistical measures were implemented into the research process. The source of information for the research was the data drawn from BDL (Bank of Local Data) Statistics Poland. The rankings of Polish voivodeships were obtained for sustainable transport development and its individual components in the form of three orders: environmental, social and economic. This allowed us to identify underdeveloped regions in the area of transport sustainability and its particular aspects. It should be noted that we applied both the original set of diagnostic variables and their classification into particular orders. However, the choice of variables was mostly conditioned by the availability of data. Furthermore, this was the first time that the taxonomic methods applied here, featuring the implementation of the multidimensional Weber median, have been used to assess aspects of transport sustainability. This kind of synthetic method design allowed us to consider the interactions between different areas of a sophisticated transportation system and made our analysis immune to skewing by diagnostic variables.

Keywords: sustainable development; means of transport; infrastructure management; greenhouse gas emission; climate change; pollution; taxonomic analysis; synthetic measure; spatial assessment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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