The impacts of alternative patterns of urbanization on greenhouse gas emissions in an agricultural county

Journal of Urbanism

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 213-235

  Wheeler, Stephen M ^a   Tomuta, Mihaela ^a   Haden, Van Ryan ^a   Jackson, Louise E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

agricultural preservation; climate adaptation; climate change mitigation; GHG emissions; growth management; urban growth

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890123999     PISSN: 17549175     EISSN: 17549183     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17549175.2013.777356     Document Type: Article

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