Carbon Footprint and Urban Planning Incorporating Methodologies to Assess the Influence of the Urban Master Plan on the Carbon Footprint of the City /

This book analyzes the relationship between urban development, greenhouse gases and the carbon footprint, and presents the main preventive measures that can be implemented at the design stage. Readers are provided with the knowledge needed to devise a strategy for calculating the carbon footprint of...

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Main Authors: Zubelzu, Sergio. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Álvarez Fernández, Roberto. (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
Edition:1st ed. 2016.
Series:SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology,
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31050-3
Table of Contents:
  • 1 Introduction: Importance of Urban Planning Carbon footprint
  • 2.1 Sustainability strategic objectives
  • 2.2 General methodology
  • 2.3 Emission sources
  • 2.4 Emission factors
  • 2.5 Calculation method
  • 3 Carbon footprint calculation method
  • 3.1 Greenhouse gas sources
  • 3.1.1 Residential
  • 3.1.2 Industrial
  • 3.1.3 Commercial
  • 3.1.4 Public facilities
  • 3.2 Concept of carbon footprint
  • 3.3 Calculation of carbon footprint
  • 3.3.1 Selection of GHGs
  • 3.3.2 Setting boundary
  • 3.3.4 Footprint calculation examples
  • 4 Preventive and corrective measures and metrics
  • 3 Social benefits of urban planning carbon footprint evaluation
  • 5 Conclusions and future recommendations. .