Spatiotemporal Changes of Built-Up Land Expansion and Carbon Emissions Caused by the Chinese Construction Industry

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 21, 2015, Pages 13021-13030

  Chuai, Xiaowei ^a   Huang, Xianjin ^a,b,c   Lu, Qinli ^a   Zhang, Mei ^a   Zhao, Rongqin ^d   Lu, Junyu ^e  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Land Development and Consolidation Technology Engineering Center of Jiangsu Province   (China)

^c Yunnan Institute of Geological Environment Monitoring   (China)

^d NORTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF WATER RESOURCES AND ELECTRIC POWER   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; EMISSION CONTROL; EXPANSION; VEGETATION;

ANTHROPOGENIC EMISSIONS; CARBON EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS; CHINESE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; CONSTRUCTION SECTORS; INDIRECT CARBON EMISSIONS; REGIONAL DIFFERENCES; SPATIO-TEMPORAL CHANGES; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS;

ENERGY UTILIZATION;

CARBON; AIR POLLUTANT;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; CARBON EMISSION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; ENERGY USE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; URBANIZATION;

ARTICLE; BUILDING INDUSTRY; CARBON STORAGE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROPLAND; ECOSYSTEM; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; LAND USE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA; VEGETATION; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; PLANT;

CHINA;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CARBON; CHINA; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; ECOSYSTEM; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMANS; PLANTS; SPATIO-TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84946593366     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b01732     Document Type: Article

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