Avoiding, transforming, transitioning: Pathways to sustainable low carbon passenger transport in developing countries

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 184-190

  Figueroa, Maria J ^a,d   Fulton, Lewis ^b   Tiwari, Geetam ^c  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

^d Lille Højbrøndstræde 7   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON EMISSION; DEVELOPING WORLD; EMISSION CONTROL; INVESTMENT; OECD; PRICE DYNAMICS; PRIORITIZATION; SELF ORGANIZATION; TRANSFORMATION;

EID: 84879410372     PISSN: 18773435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2013.02.006     Document Type: Review

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