Measuring Urban Carbon Footprint from Carbon Flows in the Global Supply Chain

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 6154-6163

  Hu, Yuanchao ^a,b   Lin, Jianyi ^a,c   Cui, Shenghui ^a   Khanna, Nina Zheng ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; SUPPLY CHAINS;

CARBON CONSUMPTION; CONSUMPTION PATTERNS; GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN; IN-DEPTH UNDERSTANDING; INDUSTRIAL SYMBIOSIS; MEASUREMENT INDICATORS; PRODUCTION EFFICIENCY; RAPID URBANIZATIONS;

CARBON FOOTPRINT;

CARBON;

ABATEMENT COST; AIR QUALITY; CARBON; CARBON EMISSION; CARBON FOOTPRINT; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; INPUT-OUTPUT ANALYSIS; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABILITY; TRADE FLOW; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; URBAN POLLUTION; URBANIZATION;

AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; COAL MINING; CONSUMER; HYDROPOWER; NORTH AMERICAN; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; URBAN AREA; URBAN POPULATION; URBANIZATION; CHINA; THEORETICAL MODEL;

FAR EAST;

CARBON; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CHINA; MODELS, THEORETICAL; URBAN POPULATION; URBANIZATION;

EID: 84975800814     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.6b00985     Document Type: Article

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