Urban form, air pollution, and CO2 emissions in large U.S. metropolitan areas

Professional Geographer

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 612-635

  Bereitschaft, Bradley ^a   Debbage, Keith ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Air quality; Urban form; Urban morphology; Urban sprawl

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); LAND COVER; METROPOLITAN AREA; NITROGEN OXIDES; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; OZONE; URBAN MORPHOLOGY; URBAN POLLUTION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84890169369     PISSN: 00330124     EISSN: 14679272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00330124.2013.799991     Document Type: Article

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