Brigitte Wolkinger

Brigitte Wolkinger


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Academic Career Length

13Years (2014-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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BWBrigitte Wolkinger
Brigitte Wolkinger
WHWilli Haas
Willi Haas
GBGabriel Bachner
Gabriel Bachner
UWUlli Weisz
Ulli Weisz
KSKarl Steininger
Karl Steininger
RRRaphael Reifeltshammer
Raphael Reifeltshammer
There is growing recognition that implementation of low-carbon policies in urban passenger transport has near-term health co-benefits through increased physical activity and improved air quality. Nevertheless, co-benefits and related cost reductions are often not taken into account in decision processes, likely because they are not easy to capture. In an interdisciplinary multi-model approach we address this gap, investigating the co-benefits resulting from increased physical activity and improved air quality due to climate mitigation policies for three urban areas. Additionally we take a (macro-)economic perspective, since that is the ultimate interest of policy-makers. Methodologically, we link a transport modelling tool, a transport emission model, an emission dispersion model, a health model and a macroeconomic Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) model to analyze three climate change mitigation scenarios. We show that higher levels of physical exercise and reduced exposure to pollutants due to mitigation measures substantially decrease morbidity and mortality. Expenditures are mainly born by the public sector but are mostly offset by the emerging co-benefits. Our macroeconomic results indicate a strong positive welfare effect, yet with slightly negative GDP and employment effects. We conclude that considering economic co-benefits of climate change mitigation policies in urban mobility can be put forward as a forceful argument for policy makers to take action.

25 November 2014
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BBBirgit Bednar-Friedl
Birgit Bednar-Friedl
BWBrigitte Wolkinger
Brigitte Wolkinger
MKMartin König
Martin König
GBGabriel Bachner
Gabriel Bachner
HFHerbert Formayer
Herbert Formayer
MLMarkus Leitner
Markus Leitner