Using the Earth Hour City Challenge to identify high leverage points for footprint reduction in cities

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 123, Issue , 2016, Pages 42-44

  Khan, Fouad ^a   Borgstrom Hansson, Carina ^b  

^a Luc Hoffmann Institute WWF International   (Switzerland)

^b WWF Earth Hour City Challenge   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Carbon emissions; Earth hour; High leverage points; Indicator systems; Urban development; Urban footprint

Indexed keywords

CARBON; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; URBAN GROWTH;

CARBON EMISSIONS; INDICATOR SYSTEM; LEVERAGE POINTS; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN FOOTPRINT;

CARBON FOOTPRINT;

EID: 84936803966     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2015.06.128     Document Type: Article

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