Exploring the economic case for climate action in cities

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 35, Issue , 2015, Pages 93-105

  Gouldson, Andy ^a   Colenbrander, Sarah ^a   Sudmant, Andrew ^a   McAnulla, Faye ^a   Kerr, Niall ^a   Sakai, Paola ^a   Hall, Stephen ^a   Papargyropoulou, Effie ^b   Kuylenstierna, Johan ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b MALAYSIA JAPAN INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbon; Cities; Climate; Economics; Mitigation

Indexed keywords

CARBON EMISSION; CLIMATE EFFECT; ECONOMIC GROWTH; GLOBAL CLIMATE; GREENHOUSE GAS; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; INVESTMENT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA;

ENGLAND; INDIA; INDONESIA; JOHOR; JOHOR BAHRU; KOLKATA; LEEDS [ENGLAND]; LIMA [PERU]; MALAYSIA; PALEMBANG; PERU; SOUTH SUMATRA; UNITED KINGDOM; WEST BENGAL; WEST MALAYSIA;

EID: 84940824920     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2015.07.009     Document Type: Article

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