CO2 Emissions from Direct Energy Use of Urban Households in India

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 19, 2015, Pages 11312-11320

  Ahmad, Sohail ^b   Baiocchi, Giovanni ^a   Creutzig, Felix ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; ECONOMICS; HEATING; INVESTMENTS; POPULATION STATISTICS; URBAN TRANSPORTATION;

COOLING (HEATING) DEGREE DAY; EMISSION PATTERN; MUNICIPAL WATER; POPULATION DENSITIES; RANKING CHANGES; TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE; URBAN HEAT ISLAND EFFECTS; URBAN-HOUSEHOLD;

GREENHOUSE GASES;

FUEL; AIR POLLUTANT; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE;

CARBON MONOXIDE; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY USE; FUEL; GREENHOUSE GAS; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; TRAJECTORY; TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE; URBAN AREA; URBAN SERVICE; URBANIZATION;

ARTICLE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; COOKING; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; HOUSEHOLD; INDIA; POPULATION DENSITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN AREA; WATER SUPPLY; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; CITY; FAMILY SIZE; INCOME; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL MODEL; URBANIZATION;

ALLAHABAD; BAREILLY; CHENNAI; CHINA; DELHI; INDIA; TAMIL NADU; UNITED STATES; UTTAR PRADESH;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CITIES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; INCOME; INDIA; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POPULATION DENSITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; URBANIZATION;

EID: 84942336865     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es505814g     Document Type: Article

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