Greenhouse gas implications of urban sprawl in the helsinki metropolitan area

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 4461-4478

  Ala Mantila, Sanna ^a   Heinonen, Jukka ^a   Junnila, Seppo ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cities; Climate change; Density; Environmental sustainability; Environmentally extended input output(EE I O) analysis; Urban sprawl

Indexed keywords

CARBON FOOTPRINT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; EMISSION INVENTORY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GREENHOUSE GAS; HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE; HOUSING CONDITIONS; INPUT-OUTPUT ANALYSIS; LIFESTYLE; METROPOLITAN AREA; SUSTAINABILITY; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN PLANNING;

FINLAND; HELSINKI; VARSINAIS-SUOMI;

EID: 84887134013     PISSN: 20711050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su5104461     Document Type: Article

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