Impact of Urban Form on Energy Use in Central City and Suburban Neighborhoods: Lessons from the Phoenix Metropolitan Region

Energy Procedia

Volumn 75, Issue , 2015, Pages 2928-2933

  Guhathakurta, Subhrajit ^a   Williams, Eric ^b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

energy; greenhouse gas; neighborhood; sustainability; urban form; urban planning; urbanism

Indexed keywords

CARBON; ENERGY UTILIZATION; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; HOUSING; LAND USE; REGIONAL PLANNING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN PLANNING;

ENERGY; LAND USE PATTERN; NEIGHBORHOOD; PHOENIX METROPOLITAN; RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURES; TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURES; URBAN FORM; URBANISM;

URBAN TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 84947068139     PISSN: 18766102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2015.07.594     Document Type: Conference Paper

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