Climate change and metabolic dynamics in Latin American major cities

WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 179 VOLUME 1, Issue , 2013, Pages 39-53

  Delgado Ramos, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Climate change; Latin America; Low carbon cities; Urban metabolism

Indexed keywords

CARBON EMISSION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; MATERIAL FLOW ANALYSIS; URBAN GEOGRAPHY; URBAN GROWTH;

ARGENTINA; BOGOTA; BRAZIL; BUENOS AIRES [ARGENTINA]; COLOMBIA; ECUADOR; FEDERAL DISTRICT [MEXICO]; LATIN AMERICA; MEXICO CITY; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; PICHINCHA; QUITO; RIO DE JANEIRO [BRAZIL]; RIO DE JANEIRO [RIO DE JANEIRO (STT)]; SAO PAULO [BRAZIL]; SAO PAULO [SAO PAULO (STT)];

EID: 84896810317     PISSN: 17433541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2495/SC130041     Document Type: Article

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