ABSTRACT
This chapter deals with capacity building issues related to environmental management in the transport sector. Social capacity is especially emphasized in the sense that whether or not policies reducing transport-generated environmental loads can be proposed and implemented in a better way relies on the capacity of not only government, but also that of firms and civil society. First, the concept of social capacity for environmental management in existing literature is reviewed and discussed. Second, this concept is improved and further introduced to a so-called DPSIR framework, leading to the proposal of a DPSIR+C framework. Various existing studies on relevant frameworks and indicators are broadly reviewed for supporting this new framework. Third, three cases studies related to the transport sector are conducted at the national level, at the city level, and at the individual level, respectively, to examine the effectiveness of the proposed framework and explore the roles and significance of the social capacity in a comprehensive way. Finally, the study is concluded, together with a discussion on future research issues.
