GHG accounting for pubilc transport in Xiamen city, China

Carbon Management

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 383-395

  Cui, Shenghui ^a,b   Meng, Fanxin ^a,b   Wang, Wei ^a,b   Lin, Jianyi ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b XIAMEN KEY LAB OF URBAN METABOLISM   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUS RAPID TRANSIT; CARBON EMISSIONS; ENVIRONMENT FRIENDLY; FOOTPRINTING; GHG EMISSION; LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENTS; LOW-CARBON; PUBLIC TRANSPORT; PUBLIC TRANSPORT SYSTEMS; RIGHT OF WAY; THREE COMPONENT; VEHICLE OPERATIONS; VEHICLE TYPES;

ENERGY CONSERVATION; GREENHOUSE GASES; LIFE CYCLE;

RAPID TRANSIT;

EID: 80052096719     PISSN: 17583004     EISSN: 17583012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4155/cmt.11.32     Document Type: Article

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