Situated lifestyles: II. the impacts of urban density, housing type and motorization on the greenhouse gas emissions of the middle-income consumers in Finland

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 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; density; GHG; greenhouse gas; housing type; LCA; life cycle assessment; lifestyle; motorization; spatial planning; urban form

Indexed keywords

CARBON FOOTPRINT; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); HOUSING; LIFE CYCLE;

CONSUMPTION; GHG; HOUSING TYPES; LCA; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); LIFESTYLE; MOTORIZATION; SPATIAL PLANNING; URBAN FORM;

GREENHOUSE GASES;

ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; GREENHOUSE GAS; HOUSING CONDITIONS; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; LIFESTYLE; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; URBAN AREA; URBAN POLLUTION;

FINLAND;

EID: 84885660482     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/8/3/035050     Document Type: Article

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