Urban energy, carbon management (low carbon cities) and co-benefits for human health

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 398-404

  Milner, James ^a   Davies, Michael ^b   Wilkinson, Paul ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; GREENHOUSE GAS; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; POLLUTION EFFECT; PUBLIC HEALTH; SUSTAINABILITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; URBAN AREA; WALKING;

EID: 84867626608     PISSN: 18773435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2012.09.011     Document Type: Review

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