Carbon Footprint of the Kuwaiti Public Road Transport Industry
- 1 Department of Applied science, College of Technological Studies, Public Authority for Applied Education and Training, PO. Box 42325, Shuwaikh 70654, Kuwait
- 2 Department of Civil Engineering, College of Technological Studies, Public Authority for Applied Education and Training, PO. Box 42325, Shuwaikh 70654, Kuwait
- 3 Department of Civil Engineering, Kuwait University, PO. Box 5969, Safat 13060, Kuwait
Abstract
Throughout the last fifty years, Kuwait's population has grown and its oil exploration has produced massive economic changes. That has led to high vehicle demand. As a result air pollution is increasing in urban areas in particular. The objective of the paper was to measure, in compliance with IPCC recommendations and the national fuel prices, carbon emissions of the State of Kuwait road travel between 2001 and 2015. There is no plan to increase the annual vehicle rise of 9%. This study looks into the contribution of road transport to CO2 emissions. Therefore, in order to encourage sustainable forms of transport, a policy strategy is to be set in motion to reduce the carbon footprint of highway transport.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3844/ajassp.2020.240.245
Copyright: © 2020 Nawaf H. Aldaihani, Hamad B. Matar, Khalefah A. Alhumaidah and Nayef Z. Al-Mutairi. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the
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Keywords
- Air Pollution
- Carbon Footprint
- Transport Emission
- Kuwait
- Urban Area