A spatial typology of human settlements and their CO2 emissions in England

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 34, Issue , 2015, Pages 13-21

  Baiocchi, Giovanni ^a   Creutzig, Felix ^b,c   Minx, Jan ^b,d,e   Pichler, Peter Paul ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b MERCATOR RESEARCH INSTITUTE ON GLOBAL COMMONS AND CLIMATE CHANGE   (Germany)

^c TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^d POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^e HERTIE SCHOOL OF GOVERNANCE   (Germany)

Author keywords

GHG emissions; Human settlement; Mitigation; Typology

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; DECISION MAKING; ENERGY USE; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GREENHOUSE GAS; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; LIFESTYLE; MITIGATION; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SUBURBAN AREA; TYPOLOGY;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84934289744     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2015.06.001     Document Type: Article

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