Valuing co-benefits to make low-carbon investments in cities bankable: the case of waste and transportation projects

Sustainable Cities and Society

Volumn 34, Issue , 2017, Pages 69-78

  Rashidi, Kaveh ^a,b   Stadelmann, Martin ^b   Patt, Anthony ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b South Pole Group   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cities; Climate mitigation policies; Co benefits; Financial modelling; Low carbon investment

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMERCE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMICS; EMISSION CONTROL; FINANCE; INVESTMENTS; TRANSPORTATION;

CITIES; CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM; CLIMATE MITIGATIONS; CO BENEFITS; LOCUS OF ATTENTIONS; LOW CARBON; MITIGATION PROJECTS; TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS;

URBAN TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 85021051345     PISSN: 22106707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scs.2017.06.003     Document Type: Article

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