Situated lifestyles: I. How lifestyles change along with the level of urbanization and what the greenhouse gas implications are - A study of Finland

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Heinonen, Jukka ^a   Jalas, Mikko ^b   Juntunen, Jouni K ^b   Ala Mantila, Sanna ^a   Junnila, Seppo ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

Author keywords

consumption; GHG; greenhouse gas; LCA; life cycle assessment; lifestyle; spatial planning; urban form; urbanization

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; HOUSING; LIFE CYCLE;

CONSUMPTION; GHG; LCA; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); LIFESTYLE; SPATIAL PLANNING; URBAN FORM; URBANIZATION;

GREENHOUSE GASES;

DATA SET; ENERGY USE; GREENHOUSE GAS; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; METROPOLITAN AREA; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SPATIAL PLANNING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN ECONOMY; URBANIZATION;

FINLAND;

EID: 84876500811     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/8/2/025003     Document Type: Article

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