The environmental impacts of teleworking: A model of urban analysis and a case study

Management of Environmental Quality: An International Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 656-671

  Pérez, Manuela Pérez ^a   Sánchez, Angel Martínez ^a   De Luis Carnicer, María Pilar ^a   Jiménez, María José Vela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Electronic commerce; Energy consumption; Remote workers; Spain; Teleworking; Urban areas

Indexed keywords

EID: 23744453181     PISSN: 14777835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14777830410560728     Document Type: Article

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