Network environ perspective for urban metabolism and carbon emissions: A case study of Vienna, Austria

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 4498-4506

  Chen, Shaoqing ^a   Chen, Bin ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

A-CARBON; CARBON EMISSIONS; CARBON METABOLISM; ENERGY PRODUCTIONS; MECHANISTIC ASPECTS; METABOLIC PROCESS; MUTUAL INTERACTION; NETWORK ENVIRON ANALYSIS; SYSTEM LEVELS; URBAN ECOSYSTEM; URBAN MANAGEMENT; VIENNA , AUSTRIA;

GLOBAL WARMING; PHYSIOLOGY;

METABOLISM;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON EMISSION; EMISSION INVENTORY; GLOBAL WARMING; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; POWER GENERATION; REGULATORY APPROACH; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TRACKING; URBAN AREA; URBAN ECOSYSTEM;

ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; CARBON METABOLISM; CASE STUDY; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; ECOSYSTEM; ENERGY YIELD; NETWORK ENVIRON ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA;

AUSTRIA; CARBON; CITIES; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POWER PLANTS; SOIL; WATER;

AUSTRIA; VIENNA;

EID: 84859812664     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es204662k     Document Type: Article

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