Quantifying water-energy links and related carbon emissions in cities

Journal of Water and Climate Change

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 247-259

  Kenway, S J ^a   Lant, P ^a   Priestley, T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Energy; Future cities; Greenhouse gas; Urban metabolism; Water; Water sensitive city

Indexed keywords

ENERGY; FUTURE CITIES; GREENHOUSE GAS MITIGATION; PRIMARY ENERGY DEMAND; URBAN ENERGY CONSUMPTION; URBAN METABOLISMS; URBAN WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER-SENSITIVE CITIES;

ENERGY UTILIZATION; GAS EMISSIONS; WATER; WATER MANAGEMENT;

GREENHOUSE GASES;

CARBON EMISSION; ENERGY USE; GREENHOUSE GAS; NATURAL GAS; URBAN AREA; URBAN DESIGN; WATER MANAGEMENT;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84871060950     PISSN: 20402244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wcc.2011.005     Document Type: Article

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