Carbon footprints of cities and other human settlements in the UK

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Minx, Jan ^a   Baiocchi, Giovanni ^b,c   Wiedmann, Thomas ^d,e   Barrett, John ^f   Creutzig, Felix ^g,h   Feng, Kuishuang ^c   Förster, Michael ^h   Pichler, Peter Paul ^a   Weisz, Helga ^a   Hubacek, Klaus ^c  

^a POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^g MERCATOR RESEARCH INSTITUTE ON GLOBAL COMMONS AND CLIMATE CHANGE   (Germany)

^h TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

carbon footprint; cities; emission drivers; human settlements; local consumption

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; SUPPLY CHAINS;

CITIES; GEOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS; GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN; HIGHLY URBANIZED AREAS; HUMAN SETTLEMENTS; LOCAL CONSUMPTION; SPATIAL AGGREGATION; SPATIAL GRANULARITY;

CARBON FOOTPRINT;

CARBON EMISSION; CARBON FOOTPRINT; ESTIMATION METHOD; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; LIFESTYLE; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84885584911     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/8/3/035039     Document Type: Article

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