Policy and Planning for Sustainable Development

Running head: POLICY AND PLANNING FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
POLICY AND PLANNING FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
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Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................2
Transportation sector.......................................................................................................................2
Description of policy.......................................................................................................................4
Relation with the chosen area......................................................................................................5
Changes to the policy.......................................................................................................................6
Analysis of the policy......................................................................................................................7
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................7
Reference.........................................................................................................................................9

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Introduction
Ecological footprint is a metric that potentially measures the amount of nature that the
humans have and how much nature we have used. The measurement of the ecological footprint
helps the countries to improve their wellbeing and sustainability, individuals have the knowledge
how they impact their planet, and local leaders can better optimize the investments in the public
projects. Ecological footprint also measures the supply and he demand of nature. If the demand
side is considered, then the ecological footprint measures the ecological assets that are required
for the production of the natural resources that it consumes and at the same time absorb the waste
like the carbon emission. Whereas, the supply side includes the bio capacity of the nation, state
to represent the ecological assets and its productivity. The ecological footprint tracks the usage
of the six different categories of the productive surface areas like the carbon demand on land,
forest area, built up land, fishing grounds, grazing land and cropland (Galli et al. 2014). This
study will include the calculation of the eco-footprint, selection of an area which will be
addressed; description of the national policy and it relates with the area, and discussion on the
changes in policies.
Transportation sector
Transportation alone is the largest emitter of the carbon dioxide in developed and
underdeveloped countries. In developed countries like Australia, the modern transportation relies
heavily on fuel like petroleum, light duty trucks and the passenger cars. All these type of vehicles
contribute to the carbon dioxide emissions. Burning a single gallon of gasoline can create 20
pounds of carbon dioxide and it means that the average vehicle will emit 6 to 9 tons of carbon
dioxide each year. It is important to mention that the electricity sector of Australia has received a
lot of attention, however the transport sector is a growing source of emission and it did not

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escape the spotlight (climatecouncil.org.au 2019). The transport sector in Australia is the single
largest emitter of the greenhouse gas. Transport includes the shipping, domestic flights, public
transport, trucks and cars. The transport sector of Australia is the second largest emitter of the
greenhouse gas. The transport sector alone emits about 102 million tons of carbon dioxide and it
represents about the 18 percent of the greenhouse pollution in Australia. Since the year 1990, the
transport sector alone has contributed as the highest emitter of carbon dioxide and it will
continue to grow till the year 2030. The half of the pollution emanates from the transport sector
in Australia and the major source are the cars itself. The cars in Australia produces carbon
dioxide which is similar to the gas and coal fires gas supply in Queensland (Xia et al. 2015).
First calculation
Figure 1: first calculation [source: footprintnetwork.org 2019]