Wellbeing impacts of city policies for reducing greenhouse gas emissions

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 12312-12345

  Hiscock, Rosemary ^a   Mudu, Pierpaolo ^b   Braubach, Matthias ^b   Martuzzi, Marco ^b   Perez, Laura ^c   Sabel, Clive ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b European Centre for Environment and Health   (Germany)

^c SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cities; Climate change; Greenhouse gas emissions; Wellbeing

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; EMISSION CONTROL; GREENHOUSE GAS; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN POLICY;

AIR POLLUTION; BUILDING; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; EMPLOYMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; GREENHOUSE GAS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; POLICY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL STATUS; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; WELLBEING; ENERGY CONSERVATION; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; PROCEDURES; RENEWABLE ENERGY;

AIR POLLUTION; CITIES; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION OF ENERGY RESOURCES; HUMANS; PUBLIC POLICY; RENEWABLE ENERGY;

EID: 84914674859     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph111212312     Document Type: Review

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