Synergies and trade-offs between energy-efficient urbanization and health

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2017, Pages

  Ahmad, Sohail ^a,b   Pachauri, Shonali ^c   Creutzig, Felix ^a,b  

^a MERCATOR RESEARCH INSTITUTE ON GLOBAL COMMONS AND CLIMATE CHANGE   (Germany)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

Author keywords

energy efficient urbanization; environmental health transition; India; morbidity; sustainable development

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMERCE; DISEASES; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH; NONMOTORIZED TRANSPORTATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; SURVEYS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CARDIO-VASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC CONDITIONS; ENERGY EFFICIENT; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; INDIA; MORBIDITY; POTENTIAL SYNERGIES; URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DIABETES; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; MOBILITY; MORBIDITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION;

INDIA;

EID: 85036630487     PISSN: 17489318     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/aa9281     Document Type: Article

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