Greenhouse gas emissions from flying can offset the gain from reduced driving in dense urban areas

Journal of Transport Geography

Volumn 41, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-9

  Ottelin, Juudit ^a   Heinonen, Jukka ^a,b   Junnila, Seppo ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Air travel; Greenhouse gas emissions; Lifestyles; Private driving; Travel behaviour; Urban structure

Indexed keywords

AIR TRANSPORTATION; CAR OWNERSHIP; CARBON EMISSION; GREENHOUSE GAS; LIFESTYLE; TRAFFIC EMISSION; TRANSPORTATION MODE; TRANSPORTATION POLICY; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR; URBAN TRANSPORT; METROPOLITAN AREA; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

FINLAND;

EID: 84906493581     PISSN: 09666923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2014.08.004     Document Type: Article

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