and health the region, further emphasis and spreading of best decrease disparities of labour markets within the Danube practices is needed. region. Improving and creating new recreation area, decreasing Regarding the environmental factors effecting the fragmentation of the landscape will influence in a positive human health and well-being, noise pollution and way the well-being of human population. ambient air pollution are still causing health damage. Measures were made to reduce the number of Regarding the transport and energy management diseases due to harmful environmental effects, (construction, infrastructural developments) projects, there is monitoring and warning systems are improving. a risk of increasing noise level and air pollution load (e.g. in case of newly developed roads with the increasing traffic) with likely negative impacts on human health. With the improvement of environmentally friendly Energy Many projects promoting energy efficiency and + ++ transport systems general reduction of fossil energy green energy production were supported in the resources consumption is expected. region; the increase in renewable energy consumption is remarkable, though the potentials of Smart grid technologies and systems are likely to reduce the region are still unexploited. When supporting and energy consumption and losses within electric distribution investing into renewables, the available sources in system increasing this way efficiency and conservation; the site, environmental and cost effective enable renewable energy integration and PEV (Plug-in Electric alternatives should be more carefully examined and Vehicles) integration. considered. The integration of the increased energy production from supplying renewable sources into the grid needs further improvements. Western regions and Central-European capital cities Main effects on mobility and transport issue will be likely Mobility +/- + have a good accessibility between each other and the under Priority axis 3: Better connected Danube region. and economic backbone of EU. Development of Growing regional cohesion of mobility and connectivity is transport integrated and multimodal transport systems on the expectable. With the improvement of environmentally southern south-eastern part is needed friendly transport systems general reduction of fossil energy consumption is likely. Domination of road transport has to be balanced. Further efforts to promote railway and waterway Supporting of these actions could lead to an increase in transport are needed. land take, fragmentation of habitats, air and noise pollution in sensitive areas. With careful and nature-focused planning the overall reduction of transport’s environmental impacts is
and health the region, further emphasis and spreading of best practices is needed. Regarding the environmental factors effecting the human health and well-being, noise pollution and ambient air pollution are still causing health damage. Measures were made to reduce the number of diseases due to harmful environmental effects, monitoring and warning systems are improving. decrease disparities of labour markets within the Danube region. Improving and creating new recreation area, decreasing fragmentation of the landscape will influence in a positive way the well-being of human population. Regarding the transport and energy management (construction, infrastructural developments) projects, there is a risk of increasing noise level and air pollution load (e.g. in case of newly developed roads with the increasing traffic) with likely negative impacts on human health. Energy resources Many projects promoting energy efficiency and green energy production were supported in the region; the increase in renewable energy consumption is remarkable, though the potentials of the region are still unexploited. When supporting and investing into renewables, the available sources in the site, environmental and cost effective alternatives should be more carefully examined and considered. The integration of the increased energy production from supplying renewable sources into the grid needs further improvements. + With the improvement of environmentally friendly transport systems general reduction of fossil energy consumption is expected. Smart grid technologies and systems are likely to reduce energy consumption and losses within electric distribution system increasing this way efficiency and conservation; enable renewable energy integration and PEV (Plug-in Electric Vehicles) integration. ++ Mobility and transport Western regions and Central-European capital cities have a good accessibility between each other and the economic backbone of EU. Development of integrated and multimodal transport systems on the southern south-eastern part is needed Domination of road transport has to be balanced. Further efforts to promote railway and waterway transport are needed. +/- Main effects on mobility and transport issue will be likely under Priority axis 3: Better connected Danube region. Growing regional cohesion of mobility and connectivity is expectable. With the improvement of environmentally friendly transport systems general reduction of fossil energy consumption is likely. Supporting of these actions could lead to an increase in land take, fragmentation of habitats, air and noise pollution in sensitive areas. With careful and nature-focused planning the overall reduction of transport’s environmental impacts is +
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