Associations of individual, household and environmental characteristics with carbon dioxide emissions from motorised passenger travel

Applied Energy

Volumn 104, Issue , 2013, Pages 158-169

  Brand, Christian ^a   Goodman, Anna ^b   Rutter, Harry ^c   Song, Yena ^d   Ogilvie, David ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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

^c National Obesity Observatory   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Environmental factors; Motorised travel; Socio economic factors; Transport

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; GLOBAL WARMING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL AREAS;

CAR OWNERSHIP; CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS; CARBON MITIGATION; CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHARACTERISTIC; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; FULL-TIME EMPLOYMENT; ICONNECT; INDEPENDENT PREDICTORS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MOTORISED TRAVEL; MULTI VARIABLES; PASSENGER TRANSPORT; PRIMARY DATA; PROFILING METHODS; SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTOR; SOCIO-ECONOMICS; SURVEY INSTRUMENTS; TRANSPORT; TRANSPORT SECTORS; TRAVEL ACTIVITIES; TRAVEL EMISSIONS; VEHICLE CHARACTERISTICS;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA SET; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; POLICY MAKING;

EID: 84870943656     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2012.11.001     Document Type: Article

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