Ecological Footprint assessment for targeting climate change mitigation in cities: A case study of 15 Canadian cities according to census metropolitan areas

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 174, Issue , 2018, Pages 1032-1043

  Isman, Margaux ^a   Archambault, Maude ^a   Racette, Patricia ^a   Konga, Charles Noel ^a   Llaque, Roxana Miranda ^a   Lin, David ^b   Iha, Katsunori ^b   Ouellet Plamondon, Claudiane M ^a  

^a ÉCOLE DE TECHNOLOGIE SUPÉRIEURE   (Canada)

^b Global Footprint Network   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon footprint; Carbon mitigation; Cities; Ecological Footprint; Electricity; Food; Goods; Household expenditure; Services; Sustainable Consumption; Top down assessment; Transportation

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGY; ECONOMICS; ELECTRICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOOD PRODUCTS; FOSSIL FUELS; LAND USE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SURVEYS; TRANSPORTATION; URBAN PLANNING;

CARBON MITIGATION; CITIES; ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; GOODS; HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE; SERVICES; SUSTAINABLE CONSUMPTION; TOPDOWN;

CARBON FOOTPRINT;

EID: 85038878665     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.10.189     Document Type: Article

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