Relationship between urban form and CO 2 emissions: Evidence from fifty Japanese cities

Urban Climate

Volumn 2, Issue , 2012, Pages 55-67

  Makido, Yasuyo ^a   Dhakal, Shobhakar ^b   Yamagata, Yoshiki ^c  

^a Asian Institute of Technology ^*

^b ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cities; CO 2 emissions; Japan; Urban form

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870347972     PISSN: 22120955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.uclim.2012.10.006     Document Type: Article

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