Future Trends and Mitigation Options for Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions in a Developing Country of the Middle East Region: a Case Study of Lebanon’s Road Transport Sector

Environmental Modeling and Assessment

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 263-276

  Haddad, Marc Georges ^a   Mansour, Charbel Joseph ^a   Afif, Charbel ^b  

^a LEBANESE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

^b SAINT JOSEPH UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Energy use; GHG emissions; Mitigation strategies; Road passenger transport; System dynamics modeling

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; COMPETITION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ENERGY UTILIZATION; FOSSIL FUELS; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; HYBRID VEHICLES; ROADS AND STREETS;

ENERGY USE; GHG EMISSION; MITIGATION STRATEGY; PASSENGER TRANSPORT; SYSTEM DYNAMICS MODEL;

MOTOR TRANSPORTATION;

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; DEVELOPING WORLD; ELECTRIC VEHICLE; EMISSION CONTROL; EMISSION INVENTORY; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY USE; FUTURE PROSPECT; GREENHOUSE GAS; MITIGATION; ROAD TRANSPORT; STRATEGIC APPROACH; TREND ANALYSIS;

LEBANON; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 85029096295     PISSN: 14202026     EISSN: 15732967     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10666-017-9579-x     Document Type: Article

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