The climate value of cycling

Natural Resources Forum

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 100-111

  Massink, Roel ^a   Zuidgeest, Mark ^a   Rijnsburger, Jaap ^b   Sarmiento, Olga L ^c   van Maarseveen, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b Cycling Lab in Gouda   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Bogot ; Carbon markets; Climate change mitigation; Colombia; Cycling evaluation; Opportunity costs

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; CONTINGENT VALUATION; EMISSIONS TRADING; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; MOBILITY; SUSTAINABILITY; TRANSPORTATION MODE;

BOGOTA; COLOMBIA;

EID: 79956209487     PISSN: 01650203     EISSN: 14778947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1477-8947.2011.01345.x     Document Type: Article

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