Environmental assessment of passenger transportation should include infrastructure and supply chains

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Chester, Mikhail V ^a   Horvath, Arpad ^a  

^a Berkeley   (United States)

Author keywords

Aircraft; Autos; Buses; Cars; Criteria air pollutants; Emissions; Energy; Fuel; Greenhouse gas; Life cycle assessment; Passenger transportation; Planes; Rail; Trains

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; AIRCRAFT; BUSES; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FUELING; FUELS; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; RAILROAD CARS; RAILS; SUPPLY CHAINS; VEHICLES;

AUTOS; CRITERIA AIR POLLUTANTS; ENERGY; LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENTS; PASSENGER TRANSPORTATION; PLANES; TRAINS;

LIFE CYCLE;

EID: 71849118023     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/4/2/024008     Document Type: Article

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