Incorporating built environment factors into climate change mitigation strategies for Seoul, South Korea: A sustainable urban systems framework

Twelve metropolitan carbon footprints: A preliminary comparative global assessment

“…Over this period, light oil use increased by 800 percent and gasoline use for motor vehicles rose by 620 percent. The city also has a large number of landfills and waste and water treatment facilities that emit prodigious amounts of greenhouse gases (Jo et al, 2008;Jo, 2002;Kaneko and Dhakal, 2008).…”

“…Participants are given incentives such as free petrol, parking, and car washing to participate in the program. The city has also a formal Waste Management Act to promote recycling and a volume based waste collection system that charges people for their trash, and then uses the proceeds to fund landfill electricity generation and waste incineration (Kaneko and Dhakal, 2008;Jo et al, 2008).…”

“…Approximately half of the global population lives in urban areas, which serve as centers of culture, entertainment, innovation, education, knowledge, and political power (Roberts and Kanaley, 2006;Jo et al, 2008). If they continue to add 67 million people annually, urban centers are destined to be home to 5 billion people by 2030 (Jo et al, 2008).…”

“…If they continue to add 67 million people annually, urban centers are destined to be home to 5 billion people by 2030 (Jo et al, 2008). Although they account for less than one percent of the Earth's surface (Eilperin, 2007), urban areas are responsible for roughly 67 percent of the world's energy demand and this amount is expected to grow to 73 percent by 2030 (International Energy Agency, 2008, Table 8.2).…”

Potential climate-change related vulnerabilities in Jakarta: Challenges and current status

“…Urban spatial plan and geographic information system As Biesbroek, Swart, and van der Knaap (2009) maintain that 'there is a growing awareness that spatial planning can function as a switchboard for mitigation, adaptation and sustainable development objectives' (p. 230; see also Hamin & Gurran, 2009;Jo, Golden, & Shin, 2009). Mainstreaming of climate change in urban development in the Southeast Asian countries is critical (Yuen & Kong, 2009).…”