The geography of global urban greenhouse gas emissions: An exploratory analysis

Climatic Change

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 621-634

  Marcotullio, Peter John ^a   Sarzynski, Andrea ^b   Albrecht, Jochen ^a   Schulz, Niels ^c   Garcia, Jake ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^c INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTION OF EMISSIONS; EMISSION LEVEL; EMITTING AREAS; EXPLORATORY ANALYSIS; PER CAPITA INCOME; POPULATION SIZES; SPATIAL DATABASE; URBAN ENERGY;

CARBON DIOXIDE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; GAS EMISSIONS; POPULATION STATISTICS;

GREENHOUSE GASES;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DATABASE; EMISSION; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; GREENHOUSE GAS; METHANE; OXIDE; URBAN AREA; URBAN POLLUTION;

EID: 84888297988     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-013-0977-z     Document Type: Article

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