Estimation of carbon dioxide emission in highway construction: A case study in southwest region of China

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 103, Issue , 2015, Pages 705-714

  Wang, Xianwei ^a   Duan, Zhengyu ^a   Wu, Lingsheng ^a,b   Yang, Dongyuan ^a  

^a The National Maglev Transportation Engineering Research and Development Center   (China)

^b Sichuan Egang Highway Construction Co Ltd ^*  (China)

Author keywords

Bridge construction; Carbon dioxide emission; CO2 emission; Highway construction; Tunnel construction

Indexed keywords

BRIDGES; CARBON DIOXIDE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; GLOBAL WARMING; HIGHWAY ENGINEERING; MATERIALS HANDLING; PAVEMENTS; ROAD CONSTRUCTION; TRANSPORTATION;

BRIDGE CONSTRUCTIONS; CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS; EMPIRICAL ESTIMATIONS; HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION; LARGE-SCALE TRANSPORTATION; MATERIAL TRANSPORTATION; RAW MATERIAL PRODUCTION; TUNNEL CONSTRUCTION;

TUNNELS;

EID: 84953316482     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2014.10.030     Document Type: Article

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