A carbon consumption comparison of rural and urban lifestyles

Sustainability

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1234-1249

  Heinonen, Jukka ^a   Junnila, Seppo ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Carbon; Climate change; Consumption; Life cycle assessment; Lifestyle; Urban structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053545911     PISSN: 20711050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su3081234     Document Type: Article

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