Global warming impact of suburbanization: The case of Sydney

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 172, Issue , 2018, Pages 287-301

  Chen, Guangwu ^a   Hadjikakou, Michalis ^a,b   Wiedmann, Thomas ^a,c   Shi, Lei ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon footprint; City carbon map; EIO LCA; Multi region input output modelling; Suburbanization

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GLOBAL WARMING; INVESTMENTS; LIFE CYCLE; PLANNING; POPULATION STATISTICS; URBAN PLANNING;

CARBON EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS; CONSUMPTION PATTERNS; ECONOMIC INPUT-OUTPUT LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENTS; EIO-LCA; GLOBAL WARMING IMPACT; INPUT-OUTPUT; PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION; SUBURBANIZATION;

CARBON FOOTPRINT;

EID: 85038846044     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.10.161     Document Type: Article

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