The promise and the performance of the world's first two zero carbon eco-cities

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 25, Issue , 2013, Pages 660-669

  Premalatha, M ^a   Tauseef, S M ^a   Abbasi, Tasneem ^a,b   Abbasi, S A ^a  

^a PONDICHERRY UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Eco city; Renewable energy; Zero carbon; Zero emission; Zero waste

Indexed keywords

CARBON; ECOLOGY; THERMODYNAMICS;

ECO CITIES; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; ZERO CARBONS; ZERO EMISSION; ZERO WASTE;

URBAN PLANNING;

EID: 84879111124     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2013.05.011     Document Type: Review

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