Urbanization and the carbon cycle: Contributions from social science

Earth's Future

Volumn 2, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 496-514

  Marcotullio, Peter J ^a   Hughes, Sara ^b   Sarzynski, Andrea ^c   Pincetl, Stephanie ^d   Sanchez Peña, Landy ^e   Romero Lankao, Patricia ^f   Runfola, Daniel ^g   Seto, Karen C ^h  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e EL COLEGIO DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^f NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^g The College of William and Mary   (United States)

^h Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy; Greenhouse gas emissions; social science; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84941215554     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23284277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014EF000257     Document Type: Article

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