Iso-emission map: A proposal to compare the environmental friendliness of short sea shipping vs road transport

Policy makers around the world are promoting different initiatives to face the threat of global warming. This work focuses on the transport sector. In particular, it focuses on those initiatives that promote the shift of traffic from road to sea by supporting short sea shipping services in order to reduce air emissions. The aim is to contribute to the debate about the desirability of this modal rebalance from an environmental point of view. To...