Urban expansion and its contribution to the regional carbon emissions: Using the model based on the population density distribution

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 216, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 208-216

  Svirejeva Hopkins, A ^a   Schellnhuber, H J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b PIK Potsdam ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbon cycle; Carbon emissions; Carbon source and sink; Cities' growth; Distribution; Population density; Urban area; Urbanisation; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; DEFORESTATION; DYNAMICS; ESTIMATION; FORESTRY; OCEAN CURRENTS; POPULATION STATISTICS; REGIONAL PLANNING; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

(E ,2E) THEORY; BALANCE (WEIGHTING); CARBON BALANCES; CARBON EMISSIONS; CENTURY (CO); CHINA , ASIA; CONSTANT RATES; CURRENT MODELING; DEVELOPED MODEL; ELSEVIER (CO); EMISSIONS (ASPHALT); MODEL BASED (OPC); NEW YORK (CO); POPULATION DENSITIES; POPULATION DENSITY DISTRIBUTION; REGIONAL DYNAMICS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF; TOTAL CARBON (TC); TRAFFIC PATTERNS; URBAN AREAS; URBAN EXPANSION; URBANISED AREAS;

CARBON;

CARBON BALANCE; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON EMISSION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBON SINK; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION; VEGETATION;

AIR POLLUTION; CARBON; CITIES; EMISSION; ESTIMATION; FORESTRY; PLANTS; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICS;

EID: 47249085975     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2008.03.023     Document Type: Article

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