Are railways 'climate friendly'?

Built Environment

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 70-86

  Givoni, Moshe ^a   Brand, Christian ^a   Watkiss, Paul ^a  

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Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; RAILWAY TRANSPORT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TRANSPORTATION MODE;

EID: 64849103983     PISSN: 02637960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2148/benv.35.1.70     Document Type: Article

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