A synthesis approach to investigate and validate carbon sources and sinks of a mega city of developing country

Environmental Development

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 54-72

  Ali, Ghaffar ^a   Nitivattananon, Vilas ^a   Mehmood, Hamid ^b   Sabir, Muazzam ^c   Sheikh, Sana ur Rehman ^d   Abbas, Sawaid ^a  

^a ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SARGODHA   (Pakistan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BALOCHISTAN   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Carbon sources; Integration of tools models; Mega cities; Remote sensing; Source sink relationship

Indexed keywords

POACEAE;

EID: 84872417339     PISSN: 22114645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envdev.2012.09.001     Document Type: Article

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