The geography of urban greenhouse gas emissions in Asia: A regional analysis

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 944-958

  Marcotullio, Peter J ^a   Sarzynski, Andrea ^b   Albrecht, Jochen ^a   Schulz, Niels ^c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^c INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

Author keywords

Asia; EDGAR; Greenhouse gas emissions; Urban

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BASELINE CONDITIONS; CARBON DIOXIDE; DATABASE; EMISSION INVENTORY; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; GREENHOUSE GAS; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; METHANE; NITROUS OXIDE; ORGANIC SULFUR COMPOUND; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION SIZE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TOP-DOWN APPROACH; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; URBAN POPULATION; URBAN REGION;

ASIA;

EID: 84866146574     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2012.07.002     Document Type: Article

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