From the motorways of the sea to the green corridors' carbon footprint: The case of a port in Spain

Journal of Environmental Planning and Management

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 765-782

  Carballo Penela, Adolfo ^a   Mateo Mantecón, Ingrid ^b   Doménech, Juan Luis ^c   Coto Millán, Pablo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

^c C/Claudio Alvargonzález 32 ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

carbon footprint; motorways of the sea; ports

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; EMISSION INVENTORY; EMISSIONS TRADING; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FREIGHT TRANSPORT; GREENHOUSE GAS; PORT; SUSTAINABILITY; TRADE-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONS;

ASTURIAS; GIJON; SPAIN;

EID: 84863512839     PISSN: 09640568     EISSN: 13600559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09640568.2011.627422     Document Type: Article

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