Impact of urban residences on energy consumption and carbon emissions: An investigation in Nanjing, China

Sustainable Cities and Society

Volumn 7, Issue , 2013, Pages 52-61

  Gu, Z H ^a,c   Sun, Q ^b,c   Wennersten, R ^c  

^a SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Carbon emissions; Energy consumption; Nanjing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871926475     PISSN: 22106707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scs.2012.11.004     Document Type: Article

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