Examining the impacts of socioeconomic factors, urban form, and transportation networks on CO2 emissions in China's megacities

Applied Energy

Volumn 185, Issue , 2017, Pages 189-200

  Wang, Shaojian ^a,b   Liu, Xiaoping ^a   Zhou, Chunshan ^a   Hu, Jincan ^a   Ou, Jinpei ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

CO2 emissions; Megacities; Panel data model; Socioeconomic factors; Transportation development; Urban form

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; COUPLINGS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ECONOMICS; EMISSION CONTROL; LAND USE; POPULATION STATISTICS; REMOTE SENSING; TRANSPORTATION; URBAN GROWTH; URBAN PLANNING;

MEGACITIES; PANEL DATA MODELS; SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTOR; TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT; URBAN FORM;

URBAN TRANSPORTATION;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; DATA SET; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ECONOMETRICS; EMISSION CONTROL; INDUSTRIALIZATION; OPTIMIZATION; PANEL DATA; REMOTE SENSING; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR; SPATIAL PLANNING; SUBURBAN AREA; TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN PLANNING;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA; GUANGDONG; GUANGZHOU; SHANGHAI; TIANJIN;

EID: 84994236575     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2016.10.052     Document Type: Article

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