Methodology for atmospheric emission and energy consumption inventory in urban areas. Application to Seville

Energy and transport are indispensable ingredients for economic and social development. At the same time conventional forms of energy production, distribution and consumption as well as sustainable transport and mobility patterns are linked to environmental degradation. The last decade, the cities growth and spread has contributed to increase the pollution and energy consumption. The approaches are aimed to reduce the traffic flow through plans for sustainable mobility. This work shows a decision support system able to help local administrators in reducing the impact of air pollution due to urban traffic. The method designed is a framework, including a transportation planning tool and a comprehensive model to estimate pollutants emissions. The hourly traffic flow data is obtained from transportation planning, and the emission model integrated is based on COPERT methodology. Detail traffic data have been collected and analyzed from the city of Seville to test the methodology.