To each their own? The greenhouse gas impacts of intra-household sharing in different urban zones

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 135, Issue , 2016, Pages 356-367

  Ala Mantila, Sanna ^a   Ottelin, Juudit ^a   Heinonen, Jukka ^b   Junnila, Seppo ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Carbon footprint; Cities; Household size; Input output analysis; Lifestyles; Sharing

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECONOMICS; GAS EMISSIONS; URBAN GROWTH;

CITIES; HOUSEHOLD SIZE; LIFESTYLES; OUTPUT ANALYSIS; SHARING;

GREENHOUSE GASES;

EID: 85027917725     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.05.156     Document Type: Article

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