Process-based investigation of cross-boundary environmental pressure from urban household consumption

Energy Policy

Volumn 55, Issue , 2013, Pages 626-635

  Yang, Dewei ^a,b   Lin, Yanjie ^a,b   Gao, Lijie ^a,b   Sun, Yanwei ^a,b   Wang, Run ^a,b   Zhang, Guoqin ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b XIAMEN KEY LAB OF URBAN METABOLISM   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon footprint accounting; Emergy accounting; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

CARBON FLOW; CITY SCALE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS; ENVIRONMENTAL FOOTPRINTS; ENVIRONMENTAL PRESSURES; GHG EMISSION; GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGES; HOUSEHOLD ACTIVITIES; HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION; POLICY IMPLICATIONS; RESOURCE EXTRACTION; TRANSPORT FUEL; URBAN SPRAWL; URBAN SUSTAINABILITY; URBAN SYSTEMS; URBAN-HOUSEHOLD;

CARBON FOOTPRINT; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC POLICY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

GREENHOUSE GASES;

CARBON FOOTPRINT; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; EMERGY; ENERGY USE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GREENHOUSE GAS; SUSTAINABILITY; URBAN AREA;

CHINA; FUJIAN; XIAMEN;

EID: 84873101682     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2012.12.056     Document Type: Article

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