Regional carbon footprints of households: a German case study

Environment, Development and Sustainability

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 577-591

  Miehe, Robert ^a   Scheumann, Rene ^b   Jones, Christopher M ^c   Kammen, Daniel M ^c   Finkbeiner, Matthias ^b  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING AND AUTOMATION IPA   (Germany)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon footprint; De carbonization; Household consumption; Mitigation policies

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; COST ANALYSIS; EMISSION INVENTORY; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; GREENHOUSE GAS; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; MITIGATION; POLICY MAKING; POLLUTION POLICY; SOCIOECONOMIC SURVEY;

GERMANY; MECKLENBURG;

EID: 84961191909     PISSN: 1387585X     EISSN: 15732975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10668-015-9649-7     Document Type: Article

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