Location of greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions from thermal power plants in India along the urban-rural continuum

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 103, Issue , 2015, Pages 586-600

  Sethi, Mahendra ^a,b  

^a UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b National Institute of Urban Affairs   (India)

Author keywords

Contribution allocation; GHG emissions; Spatial analysis; Thermal power plants; Urban rural; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMBUSTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMICS; GAS PLANTS; GAS TURBINES; GREENHOUSE GASES; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE); SPATIAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; THERMOELECTRIC POWER PLANTS;

CONTRIBUTION/ALLOCATION; GHG EMISSION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; THERMAL POWER PLANTS; URBAN-RURAL; URBANIZATION;

URBAN GROWTH;

EID: 84953350090     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2014.10.067     Document Type: Article

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