The impact of urban form on CO2 emission from work and non-work trips: The case of Beijing, China

Habitat International

Volumn 47, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-10

  Ma, Jing ^a   Liu, Zhilin ^b   Chai, Yanwei ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Beijing; CO2 emission; Structural equation modeling; Travel purpose; Urban form

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; GIS; JOURNEY TO WORK; NEIGHBORHOOD; TRAFFIC EMISSION; TRAVEL DEMAND; URBAN AREA;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

EID: 84922656130     PISSN: 01973975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2014.12.007     Document Type: Article

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