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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
energy
Methodology for inventorying greenhouse gas emissions from global cities
Energy Policy, Volume 38, No. 9, Year 2010
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This paper describes the methodology and data used to determine greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions attributable to ten cities or city-regions: Los Angeles County, Denver City and County, Greater Toronto, New York City, Greater London, Geneva Canton, Greater Prague, Barcelona, Cape Town and Bangkok. Equations for determining emissions are developed for contributions from: electricity; heating and industrial fuels; ground transportation fuels; air and marine fuels; industrial processes; and waste. Gasoline consumption is estimated using three approaches: from local fuel sales; by scaling from regional fuel sales; and from counts of vehicle kilometres travelled. A simplified version of an intergovernmental panel on climate change (IPCC) method for estimating the GHG emissions from landfill waste is applied. Three measures of overall emissions are suggested: (i) actual emissions within the boundary of the city; (ii) single process emissions (from a life-cycle perspective) associated with the city's metabolism; and (iii) life-cycle emissions associated with the city's metabolism. The results and analysis of the study will be published in a second paper. © 2009 Elsevier Ltd.
Authors & Co-Authors
Kennedy, Christopher
Canada, Toronto
University of Toronto
Steinberger, Julia
Austria, Klagenfurt
Alpen-adria-universität Klagenfurt
Gasson, Barrie
South Africa, Cape Town
University of Cape Town
Hansen, Yvonne
South Africa, Cape Town
University of Cape Town
Hillman, Timothy
United States, Denver
University of Colorado Denver
Havránek, Miroslav
Czech Republic, Prague
Charles University
Pataki, Diane E.
United States, Irvine
University of California, Irvine
Phdungsilp, Aumnad
Thailand, Bangkok
Dhurakij Pundit University
Ramaswami, Anu
United States, Denver
University of Colorado Denver
Mendez, Gara Villalba
Spain, Cerdanyola Del Valles
Icta-uab Institut de Ciència I Tecnologia Ambientals
Statistics
Citations: 10
Authors: 10
Affiliations: 8
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/j.enpol.2009.08.050
ISSN:
03014215
Research Areas
Environmental