Editorial

Editorial

Environmental and social impact assessment are default elements of transport policy preparation and transport project appraisal in many OECD countries. In the recent past however, it has been realised that such an approach does not suffice. Instead of representing possible limiting factors, the aims...

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Main Authors: Adriaan Perrels, Veli Himanen, Martin Lee-Gosselin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: TU Delft Open 2002-09-01
Series:European Journal of Transport and Infrastructure Research
Online Access:https://journals.open.tudelft.nl/ejtir/article/view/3720
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spelling doaj-d07c5d3ad6354ce6acbb62b798a83fc12021-07-26T08:52:00ZengTU Delft OpenEuropean Journal of Transport and Infrastructure Research1567-71412002-09-012410.18757/ejtir.2002.2.4.37203298EditorialAdriaan Perrels0Veli Himanen1Martin Lee-Gosselin2Government Institute of Economic Research VATTGovernment Institute of Economic Research VATTStella Focus Group 4, Univesité LavalEnvironmental and social impact assessment are default elements of transport policy preparation and transport project appraisal in many OECD countries. In the recent past however, it has been realised that such an approach does not suffice. Instead of representing possible limiting factors, the aims and principles of sustainable development are to be regarded as the very point of departure for formulating transport policies, as is for example formulated in the European Commission White Paper on Transport (COM, 2001). This has consequences not only for policy formulation, but also for theresearch that is used to build the evidence about the actual and potential impacts of transport systems.https://journals.open.tudelft.nl/ejtir/article/view/3720
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