The Geography of Metropolitan Carbon Footprints

Journal Article · Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2009 · Policy and Society: Journal of Public, Foreign and Global Policy

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polsoc.2009.01.001· OSTI ID:950436

Brown, Dr. Marilyn Ann ^[1]; Southworth, Frank ^[2]; Sarzynski, Andrea ^[3]

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1. Georgia Institute of Technology
2. ORNL
3. Brookings Institution

The world s metropolitan carbon footprints have distinct geographies that are not well understood or recognized in debates about climate change, partly because data on greenhouse gas emissions is so inadequate. This article describes the results of the most comprehensive assessment of carbon footprints for major American metropolitan areasavailable to date, focusing on residential and transportation carbon emissions for the largest 100 metropolitan areas in the United States. These findings are put into the context of effortsacross the country and the globe to characterize carbon impacts and policy linkages.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE; Work for Others (WFO)
• DOE Contract Number: DE-AC05-00OR22725
• OSTI ID: 950436
• Journal Information: Policy and Society: Journal of Public, Foreign and Global Policy, Vol. 23
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
CARBON
CLIMATES
FOCUSING
GEOGRAPHY
GREENHOUSE GASES
URBAN AREAS