Domestic energy sustainability of different urban residential patterns: A New Zealand approach

International Journal of Sustainable Development

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 16-37

  Ghosh, Sumita ^a   Vale, Robert ^a   Vale, Brenda ^b  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Domestic energy use; Ecological footprint; Land area equivalent

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; CARBON; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES; TRANSPORTATION; URBAN PLANNING;

DOMESTIC ENERGY USE; ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; LAND AREA EQUIVALENT;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

RESIDENTIAL ENERGY; SUSTAINABILITY;

AUCKLAND; AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND;

EID: 33845256190     PISSN: 09601406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJSD.2006.010936     Document Type: Article

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