Combining technology development and behaviour change to meet CO2 cumulative emission budgets for road transport: Case studies for the USA and Europe

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1405-1423

  Skippon, Stephen ^a   Veeraraghavan, Shoba ^a   Ma, Hongrui ^a   Gadd, Paul ^a   Tait, Nigel ^a  

^a SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Budget; Climate change; Cumulative; Emissions

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; ROADS AND STREETS;

BEHAVIOUR; BEHAVIOURAL CHANGES; BUDGET; CUMULATIVE; CUMULATIVE EMISSIONS; MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE RISE; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT;

BUDGET CONTROL;

CARBON BUDGET; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; CLIMATE CHANGE; EMISSION CONTROL; ROAD TRANSPORT; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

EUROPE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84864572334     PISSN: 09658564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2012.05.021     Document Type: Article

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