Household carbon emissions from driving and center city quality of life

Ecological Economics

Volumn 116, Issue , 2015, Pages 362-368

  Holian, Matthew J ^a   Kahn, Matthew E ^b,c  

^a SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Driving; Household carbon footprint; Urban quality of life

Indexed keywords

CARBON FOOTPRINT; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; POPULATION GROWTH; PUBLIC TRANSPORT; QUALITY OF LIFE; URBAN POLLUTION;

EID: 84930942455     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2015.05.012     Document Type: Article

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