Shop 'till we drop: A historical and policy analysis of Retail Goods Movement in the United States

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 18, 2012, Pages 9813-9821

  Schewel, Laura B ^a   Schipper, Lee J ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY ANALYSIS; ENERGY INTENSITY; ENERGY RESEARCH; ENERGY USE; GOODS MOVEMENT; PER CAPITA; POLICY ANALYSIS; SHOPPING TRIP;

ECONOMICS; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; INVESTMENTS;

SALES;

ENERGY BUDGET; FREIGHT TRANSPORT; HISTORICAL RECORD; POLICY ANALYSIS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGIONAL POLICY; RETAILING;

ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONSUMER; DRIVING ABILITY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENERGY; PLANNING; POLICY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RETAIL GOODS MOVEMENT; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; UNITED STATES;

FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; POLICY MAKING; TRANSPORTATION; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84866385859     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es301960f     Document Type: Article

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