Changes in the carbon footprint of Japanese households in an aging society

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 6069-6080

  Shigetomi, Yosuke ^a,b,c   Nansai, Keisuke ^b   Kagawa, Shigemi ^d   Tohno, Susumu ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^d KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; EMISSION CONTROL; SUPPLY CHAINS;

AGING SOCIETIES; CONSUMPTION PATTERNS; GHG EMISSION; HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION; INPUT OUTPUT MODEL; REDUCING EMISSIONS; WORKING POPULATION;

GREENHOUSE GASES;

AGING POPULATION; CARBON FOOTPRINT; COMMODITY; EMISSION CONTROL; GREENHOUSE GAS; POLICY MAKING;

AGING; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; CARBON FOOTPRINT; DRINKING; EDUCATION; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY CONSERVATION; EXHAUST GAS; GOVERNMENT; HEATING; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; INSURANCE; JAPANESE (PEOPLE); LEISURE; LIFESTYLE; MACHINE; MEAT INDUSTRY; RETIREMENT; SOCIETY; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; AGE; ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FAMILY SIZE; GAS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; JAPAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PROCEDURES; THEORETICAL MODEL;

JAPAN;

GAS;

AGE FACTORS; CARBON FOOTPRINT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; GASES; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HUMANS; JAPAN; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 84901921793     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es404939d     Document Type: Article

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