Disaggregated empirical analysis of determinants of urban travel greenhouse gas emissions

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2156, 2010, Pages 160-169

  Barla, Philippe ^a   Miranda Moreno, Luis F ^b   Savard Duquet, Nikolas ^a   Thériault, Marius ^a   Lee Gosselin, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; LEISURE; RANDOM PROCESSES;

ACTIVITY-BASED; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS; INDIVIDUAL LEVELS; QUEBEC CITY; RANDOM EFFECTS MODEL; SOCIOECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS; URBAN FORM; URBAN TRANSIT; URBAN TRAVELS;

LAND USE;

EID: 78651277863     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2156-18     Document Type: Article

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