How can we alter our carbon footprint? Estimating GHG emissions based on travel survey information

Transportation

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 131-149

  Mathez, Anais ^a   Manaugh, Kevin ^a   Chakour, Vincent ^a   El Geneidy, Ahmed ^a   Hatzopoulou, Marianne ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Commuting; Greenhouse gas emissions; Scenario analysis; Travel survey

Indexed keywords

CARBON FOOTPRINT; GAS EMISSIONS; SURVEYS;

COMMUTING; GHG EMISSION; MCGILL UNIVERSITY; SCENARIO ANALYSIS; TRANSPORT SECTORS; TRAVEL BEHAVIORS; TRAVEL DISTANCE; TRAVEL SURVEYS;

GREENHOUSE GASES;

CARBON EMISSION; COMMUTING; ESTIMATION METHOD; GREENHOUSE GAS; INVESTMENT; TRAFFIC EMISSION; URBAN TRANSPORT;

CANADA; MONTREAL; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 84871958728     PISSN: 00494488     EISSN: 15729435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11116-012-9415-8     Document Type: Article

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