The drivers of greenhouse gas emissions: What do we learn from local case studies?
1998; Routledge; Volume: 3; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1080/13549839808725565
ISSN1469-6711
AutoresDavid P. Angel, Samuel Attoh, David E. Kromm, Jennifer DeHart, Rachel Slocum, Stephen White,
Tópico(s)Climate Change Policy and Economics
ResumoAbstract What can local case studies contribute to our understanding of the processes underlying the growth in greenhouse gas emissions? Since much abatement and mitigation are local in character, it is important that policy makers identify the mix of local, national and international processes that contribute to changes in greenhouse gas emissions. Drawing upon the results of case studies in Kansas, North Carolina and Ohio, how patterns of emissions in local areas can be connected analytically to the driving forces of environmental change is demonstrated. Emissions at the local level are empirically associated with the same set of trends found at national and international scale, namely, changes in population, affluence‐consumption and technology.
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