The impact of urban form on U.S. residential energy use

Housing Policy Debate

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-30

  Ewing, Reid ^a   Rong, Fang ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b Milken Inst for Job and Cap Form   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy; Land use; Smarth growth

Indexed keywords

EID: 46649107128     PISSN: 10511482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10511482.2008.9521624     Document Type: Article

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