Quantifying the relationship between urban forms and carbon emissions using panel data analysis

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1889-1907

  Ou, Jinpei ^a   Liu, Xiaoping ^a   Li, Xia ^a   Chen, Yimin ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon emissions; Panel data analysis; Urban forms

Indexed keywords

CARBON EMISSION; DATA INTERPRETATION; DIGITIZATION; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EMISSION CONTROL; EMISSION INVENTORY; ENERGY USE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; PANEL DATA; REMOTE SENSING; SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC EMISSION; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM; URBAN DEVELOPMENT;

BEIJING [BEIJING (ADS)]; BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA; GUANGDONG; GUANGZHOU; SHANGHAI; TIANJIN;

EID: 84888230495     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: 15729761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-013-9943-4     Document Type: Article

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