Opportunity to reduce greenhouse gas by the use of alternative fuels and technologies in urban public transport in Brazil

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 177-183

  D'Agosto, Márcio de Almeida ^a   Ribeiro, Suzana Kahn ^a   de Souza, Cristiane Duarte Ribeiro ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY; ALTERNATIVE FUEL; BIOFUEL; BUS TRANSPORT; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; CLEANER PRODUCTION; ELECTRIC VEHICLE; EMISSION CONTROL; FUEL CONSUMPTION; GREENHOUSE GAS; NATURAL GAS; PUBLIC TRANSPORT; URBAN TRANSPORT;

BRAZIL; RIO DE JANEIRO [BRAZIL];

EID: 84879411733     PISSN: 18773435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2013.03.003     Document Type: Review

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