Identifying important characteristics of municipal carbon footprints

Ecological Economics

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 60-66

  Larsen, Hogne N ^a   Hertwich, Edgar G ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Carbon Footprint; Environmentally Expanded Input Output analysis; Local climate action; Municipal services; Scope 3 emissions

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR; CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; EMISSION CONTROL; FOOTPRINT; GREENHOUSE GAS; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE;

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EID: 77957750988     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2010.05.001     Document Type: Article

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