On track to become a low carbon future city? First findings of the integrated status quo and trends assessment of the pilot city of Wuxi in China

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 3224-3243

  Dienst, Carmen ^a   Schneider, Clemens ^a   Xia, Chun ^a   Saurat, Mathieu ^a   Fischer, Thomas ^b   Vallentin, Daniel ^a  

^a Institute for Ecological Economy Research   (Germany)

^b China Meteorological Administration   (China)

Author keywords

Adaptation; China; Circular economy; Low carbon city strategies; Low carbon future cities; Low carbon scenario; Mitigation; Wuxi

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; EMISSION INVENTORY; FUTURE PROSPECT; GREENHOUSE GAS; GUIDELINE; INTEGRATED APPROACH; POLLUTION POLICY; RESOURCE USE; TREND ANALYSIS; VULNERABILITY;

CHINA; CHONGQING; WUXI [CHONGQING];

EID: 84886303586     PISSN: 20711050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su5083224     Document Type: Article

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