Economic Disparity and CO2 Emissions: the Domestic Energy Sector in Greater Bangalore, India
1Energy & Wetlands Research Group, Center for Ecological Sciences [CES],
2Center for Ecological Sciences [CES],
3 Centre for infrastructure, Sustainable Transportation and Urban Planning [CiSTUP]
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, Karnataka, 560 012, India
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4 Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning, The University of Melbourne, Parkville VIC 3010 Australia E sshan@unimelb.edu.au

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Citation : T.V. Ramachandra, Vishnu Bajpai, Gouri Kulkarni, Bharath H. Aithal, Sun Sheng Han, (2017). Economic Disparity and Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Domestic Energy Sector in Greater Bangalore, India. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 67(2017): 1331–1344.
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