Greenhouse gas emissions from cities: Comparison of international inventory frameworks

Local Environment

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 223-241

  Ibrahim, Nadine ^a   Sugar, Lorraine ^b   Hoornweg, Dan ^b   Kennedy, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

community emissions; corporate emissions; life cycle emissions; New York City; Paris; Shanghai

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMISSION INVENTORY; GREENHOUSE GAS; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION MONITORING; SPATIAL VARIATION; URBAN POLLUTION;

CHINA; FRANCE; ILE DE FRANCE; NEW YORK [NEW YORK (STT)]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; PARIS; SHANGHAI; UNITED STATES; VILLE DE PARIS;

EID: 84858391319     PISSN: 13549839     EISSN: 14696711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13549839.2012.660909     Document Type: Article

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