Estimating future energy use and CO2 emissions of the world's cities

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 203, Issue , 2015, Pages 271-278

  Singh, Shweta ^a   Kennedy, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Climate change; Electric vehicles; Global cities; Population density; Scenario simulations

Indexed keywords

AIRSHIPS; CARBON DIOXIDE; ELECTRIC VEHICLES; POPULATION STATISTICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; URBAN TRANSPORTATION;

CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS; CLIMATE SCENARIOS; CLIMATIC VARIABLES; GLOBAL CITIES; HEATING DEGREE-DAYS; INDEPENDENT VARIABLES; POPULATION DENSITIES; SCENARIO SIMULATIONS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ELECTRIC VEHICLE; ENERGY USE; POPULATION DENSITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WORLD CITY;

ARTICLE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRONIC VEHICLE; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; MOTOR VEHICLE; POPULATION DENSITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; URBAN AREA; CITY; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY RESOURCE; FORECASTING; HUMAN; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRENDS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CITIES; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION OF ENERGY RESOURCES; ENERGY-GENERATING RESOURCES; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POPULATION DENSITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 84952630667     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2015.03.039     Document Type: Article

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