Urban household carbon emission and contributing factors in the Yangtze River Delta, China

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Xu, Xibao ^a   Tan, Yan ^b   Chen, Shuang ^a   Yang, Guishan ^a   Su, Weizhong ^a  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND LIMNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE;

AGE; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CARBON EMISSION; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; INDUSTRY; MALE; OCCUPATION; POPULATION GROWTH; RIVER; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TRAVEL; URBAN AREA; WASTE DISPOSAL; YANGTZE RIVER DELTA; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT;

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; HUMANS; REFUSE DISPOSAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIVERS; TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 84928821886     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0121604     Document Type: Article

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