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Climate change: Track urban emissions on a human scale

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  • Kevin Robert Gurney

    (Kevin Robert Gurney is associate professor in the School of Life Sciences and the Global Institute of Sustainability, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA.)

  • Paty Romero-Lankao

    (Paty Romero-Lankao is a research scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado, USA.)

  • Karen C. Seto

    (Karen C. Seto is professor of geography and associate dean of research in the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.)

  • Lucy R. Hutyra

    (Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.)

  • Riley Duren

    (Riley Duren is a principal engineer and chief systems engineer, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, USA.)

  • Christopher Kennedy

    (University of Toronto, Toronto Canada.)

  • Nancy B. Grimm

    (Nancy B. Grimm is professor in the School of Life Sciences and the Global Institute of Sustainability, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA.)

  • James R. Ehleringer

    (James R. Ehleringer is a distinguished professor of biology and director of the Global Change and Sustainability Center, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.)

  • Peter Marcotullio

    (Hunter College, City University of New York, New York, USA.)

  • Sara Hughes

    (University of Toronto, Canada.)

  • Stephanie Pincetl

    (Stephanie Pincetl is professor in residence at the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA.)

  • Mikhail V. Chester

    (Environmental, and Sustainable Engineering, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA.)

  • Daniel M. Runfola

    (Daniel M. Runfola is a research assistant professor at the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, USA.)

  • Johannes J. Feddema

    (University of Victoria, Victoria, Canada.)

  • Joshua Sperling

    (Joshua Sperling is a postdoctoral fellow at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado, USA.)

Abstract

Cities need to understand and manage their carbon footprint at the level of streets, buildings and communities, urge Kevin Robert Gurney and colleagues.

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  • Kevin Robert Gurney & Paty Romero-Lankao & Karen C. Seto & Lucy R. Hutyra & Riley Duren & Christopher Kennedy & Nancy B. Grimm & James R. Ehleringer & Peter Marcotullio & Sara Hughes & Stephanie Pince, 2015. "Climate change: Track urban emissions on a human scale," Nature, Nature, vol. 525(7568), pages 179-181, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:525:y:2015:i:7568:d:10.1038_525179a
    DOI: 10.1038/525179a
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