Vermont integrated land use and transportation carbon estimator

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2191, 2010, Pages 119-127

  Mika, Anna M ^a   Jenkins, Jennifer C ^a   Hathaway, Kevin ^b   Lawe, Stephen ^b   Hershey, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b RESOURCE SYSTEMS GROUP INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; FOSSIL FUELS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; INFORMATION USE;

'CURRENT; C SEQUESTRATION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM SOFTWARE; LAND CONVERSION; LAND COVER; METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATIONS; SOFTWARE-TOOLS; TRANSPORTATION SECTOR; VEHICULAR TRANSPORTATIONS; VERMONT;

LAND USE;

EID: 79951533264     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2191-15     Document Type: Article

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