A holistic low carbon city indicator framework for sustainable development

Applied Energy

Volumn 185, Issue , 2017, Pages 1919-1930

  Tan, Sieting ^a,c   Yang, Jin ^b,d,e   Yan, Jinyue ^c,e   Lee, Chewtin ^a   Hashim, Haslenda ^a   Chen, Bin ^f  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^c MÄLARDALEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d Ningbo RX New Materials Tech Co   (China)

^e ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^f BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Benchmarking; Indicator system; Low carbon city (LCC); Ranking

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; CARBON DIOXIDE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT;

COMPREHENSIVE EVALUATION; ENVIRONMENTAL DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EMISSIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; INDICATOR SYSTEM; LOW-CARBON CITIES; LOW-CARBON DEVELOPMENT; RANKING;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

BENCHMARKING; CARBON DIOXIDE; EMISSIONS TRADING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GUIDELINE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING; SOLID WASTE; STANDARDIZATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; VALUATION;

AUSTRALIA; BEIJING [CHINA]; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; CHINA; ENGLAND; FEDERAL DISTRICT [MEXICO]; LONDON [ENGLAND]; MEXICO CITY; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NEW SOUTH WALES; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; STOCKHOLM [SWEDEN]; SWEDEN; SYDNEY [NEW SOUTH WALES]; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; VANCOUVER [BRITISH COLUMBIA];

EID: 84961770731     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2016.03.041     Document Type: Article

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