Target-aimed versus wishful-thinking in designing efficient GHG reduction strategies for a metropolitan city: Taipei

Energy Policy

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 400-406

  Liu, Chung Ming ^a   Liou, Ming Lone ^b   Yeh, Shin Cheng ^c   Shang, Neng Chou ^d  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Environmental Protection Administration Taiwan   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

GHG reduction; Mitigation strategy; Scenario simulation

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; TARGETS;

COMMERCIAL SECTORS; DESIGNING EFFICIENT; DESIGNING PROCESSES; EMISSION REDUCTIONS; ENERGY CONSUMPTIONS; GHG EMISSIONS; GHG REDUCTION; GREENHOUSE GASSES; KEY FACTORS; LOCAL GOVERNMENTS; METROPOLITAN CITIES; MITIGATION STRATEGY; REDUCTION STRATEGIES; SCENARIO SIMULATION; TARGET VALUES;

METAL DRAWING;

CARBON EMISSION; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY PLANNING; ENERGY POLICY; GREENHOUSE GAS; METROPOLITAN AREA; MITIGATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIPEI; TAIWAN;

EID: 58149131503     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2008.09.055     Document Type: Article

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