Estimating greenhouse gas emissions of European cities - Modeling emissions with only one spatial and one socioeconomic variable

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 520, Issue , 2015, Pages 49-58

  Baur, Albert H ^a   Lauf, Steffen ^a   Förster, Michael ^a   Kleinschmit, Birgit ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Climate change mitigation; Household size; Landscape metrics; Multiple regression model; Sustainable urban development; Urban greenhouse gas emissions

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; EMISSION CONTROL; GASES; GREENHOUSE GASES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; URBAN GROWTH; URBAN PLANNING;

CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION; HOUSEHOLD SIZE; LANDSCAPE METRICS; MULTIPLE REGRESSION MODEL; SUSTAINABLE URBAN DEVELOPMENT;

GAS EMISSIONS;

CARBON;

CLIMATE CHANGE; EMISSION CONTROL; EUROPEAN UNION; GREENHOUSE GAS; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLICY MAKING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; ELECTRICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; EUROPEAN UNION; FAMILY SIZE; HOUSEHOLD; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; URBAN AREA;

EUROPE;

EID: 84924859634     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.03.030     Document Type: Article

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