A review of urban energy system models: Approaches, challenges and opportunities

J Keirstead, M Jennings, A Sivakumar - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2012 - Elsevier
Energy use in cities has attracted significant research in recent years. However such a broad
topic inevitably results in number of alternative interpretations of the problem domain and …

Clarifying and re-conceptualising density

CT Boyko, R Cooper - Progress in planning, 2011 - Elsevier
As a spatial concept, density is a useful tool in predicting and controlling land use. However,
policymakers, practitioners, academics and citizens are often uncertain about how density …

Global typology of urban energy use and potentials for an urbanization mitigation wedge

F Creutzig, G Baiocchi, R Bierkandt… - Proceedings of the …, 2015 - National Acad Sciences
The aggregate potential for urban mitigation of global climate change is insufficiently
understood. Our analysis, using a dataset of 274 cities representing all city sizes and …

Spatial distribution of US household carbon footprints reveals suburbanization undermines greenhouse gas benefits of urban population density

C Jones, DM Kammen - Environmental science & technology, 2014 - ACS Publications
Which municipalities and locations within the United States contribute the most to household
greenhouse gas emissions, and what is the effect of population density and suburbanization …

Impacts of urbanization on urban structures and energy demand: What can we learn for urban energy planning and urbanization management?

R Madlener, Y Sunak - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2011 - Elsevier
Since 2007, for the first time in human history, more than half of the world's population has
been living in cities. The urbanization process is a key phenomenon of economic …

[HTML][HTML] Ultrafine particles and PM2. 5 in the air of cities around the world: Are they representative of each other?

AL De Jesus, MM Rahman, M Mazaheri… - Environment …, 2019 - Elsevier
Can mitigating only particle mass, as the existing air quality measures do, ultimately lead to
reduction in ultrafine particles (UFP)? The aim of this study was to provide a broader urban …

Population density and urban air quality

R Borck, P Schrauth - Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2021 - Elsevier
We use panel data from Germany to analyze the effect of population density on urban air
pollution (nitrogen oxides, particulate matter, ozone, and an aggregate index for bad air …

[HTML][HTML] The drivers of energy efficiency improvement among nine selected West African countries: A two-stage DEA methodology

FA Sarpong, J Wang, BB Cobbinah, JJ Makwetta… - Energy Strategy …, 2022 - Elsevier
There has been a general outcry globally to ensure sustainable environmental practices by
minimizing CO 2 while increasing economic growth. In general, most African countries have …

Which policy mixes are best for decarbonising passenger cars? Simulating interactions among taxes, subsidies and regulations for the United Kingdom, the United …

A Lam, JF Mercure - Energy Research & Social Science, 2021 - Elsevier
Reducing transport emissions, in particular CO 2 emissions from passenger vehicles, is a
key element in mitigating the risk of climate change. Conventional welfare economics …

Sharing or sparing? How should we grow the world's cities?

BB Lin, RA Fuller - Journal of applied ecology, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
There has long been a debate amongst conservation biologists about how agricultural land
use should be distributed spatially. Advocates of land sparing argue that high‐intensity food …