Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from human waste in 1970-2050

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

Volumn 9, Issue , 2014, Pages 108-121

  Strokal, Maryna ^a   Kroeze, Carolien ^a,b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY OF THE NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; CLIMATE CHANGE; EMISSION; NITROUS OXIDE; SEWAGE; URBANIZATION;

SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 84908262376     PISSN: 18773435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2014.09.008     Document Type: Review

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