Mitigating climate change through green buildings and smart growth

Environment and Planning A

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 653-675

  Brown, Marilyn A ^a   Southworth, Frank ^a  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUILDING; CARBON EMISSION; CLIMATE CHANGE; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY;

EID: 42449103427     PISSN: 0308518X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/a38419     Document Type: Article

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