The geography of metropolitan carbon footprints

Policy and Society

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 285-304

  Brown, Marilyn A ^a   Southworth, Frank ^b   Sarzynski, Andrea ^c  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c George Washington Institute of Public Policy   (United States)

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EID: 61449190587     PISSN: 14494035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polsoc.2009.01.001     Document Type: Article

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