Environmental and resource constraints on Asian urban travel

International Journal of Environment and Pollution

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 8-26

  Moriarty, Patrick ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alternative fuels; Alternative propulsion systems; Global climate change; Local air pollution; Non motorised travel; Oil depletion; Public transport; Urban density; Urban heat island

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ALTERNATIVE FUELS; CONSTRAINT THEORY;

ALTERNATIVE PROPULSION SYSTEMS; GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE; LOCAL AIR POLLUTION; NON-MOTORISED TRAVEL; OIL DEPLETION; PUBLIC TRANSPORT; URBAN DENSITY; URBAN HEAT ISLAND;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

FUEL;

AUTOMOBILE; CLIMATE CHANGE; INCOME; INDUSTRIALIZATION; OWNERSHIP; PUBLIC TRANSPORT; SUSTAINABILITY; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ASIA; CAR DRIVING; CLIMATE CHANGE; EXHAUST GAS; INCOME; INDUSTRIALIZATION; MOTORIZED TRANSPORT; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; URBAN AREA;

ASIA; EURASIA;

EID: 34548081524     PISSN: 09574352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJEP.2007.014499     Document Type: Article

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