Low-carbon development patterns: Observations of typical chinese cities

Energies

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 291-304

  Su, Meirong ^a   Liang, Chen ^a   Chen, Bin ^a   Chen, Shaoqing ^a   Yang, Zhifeng ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon emission reduction; Development patterns; Evaluation index; Low carbon city; Low carbon development level

Indexed keywords

EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT;

CARBON EMISSION REDUCTIONS; DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS; EVALUATION INDEX; LOW-CARBON CITIES; LOW-CARBON DEVELOPMENT;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 84859363675     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/en5020291     Document Type: Article

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