The spatial dimension of urban greenhouse gas emissions: analyzing the influence of spatial structures and LULC patterns in European cities

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1195-1205

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

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Climate change mitigation; Landscape metrics; Urban design; Urban form; Urban planning; Urban shape

Indexed keywords

EMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; GREENHOUSE GAS; LAND COVER; LAND USE; LOCALLY UNWANTED LAND USE; POLLUTION INCIDENCE; POLLUTION MONITORING; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN POLLUTION;

EUROPE;

EID: 84934844815     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: 15729761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-015-0169-5     Document Type: Article

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