Are we missing the point? Particularities of urbanization, sustainability and carbon emissions in Latin American cities

Environment and Urbanization

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 159-175

  Lankao, Patricia Romero ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Eco cities; Ecological cities; Ecological modernization; GHG emissions; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

CARBON EMISSION; ECOLOGICAL MODERNIZATION; GREENHOUSE GAS; SUSTAINABILITY; URBANIZATION;

LATIN AMERICA;

EID: 34247193673     PISSN: 09562478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956247807076915     Document Type: Article

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