Can gains in efficiency offset the resource demands and CO2 emissions from constructing and operating the built environment?

Applied Geography

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 40-50

  Güneralp, Burak ^a   Seto, Karen C ^a  

^a Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Energy efficiency; Greenhouse gas; Sustainability; Urban density; Urban metabolism; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; CONSTRUCTION METHOD; DEMAND ANALYSIS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GREENHOUSE GAS; KUZNETS CURVE; LAND USE CHANGE; POPULATION DENSITY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SATELLITE DATA; URBANIZATION;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; ZHUJIANG DELTA;

EID: 79960183487     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2010.11.011     Document Type: Article

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