Encouraging sustainable transport choices in american households: Results from an empirically grounded agent-based model

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 50-69

  Natalini, Davide ^a   Bravo, Giangiacomo ^b  

^a ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Agent based model; Environmental policies; Preference based policies; Price based policies; Sustainability; Transports

Indexed keywords

CARBON EMISSION; GREENHOUSE GAS; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84894087089     PISSN: 20711050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su6010050     Document Type: Article

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