Abstract

FERRARO, Rosana; GAREIS, María Cecilia  and  ZULAICA, Laura. Contributions to the Calculation of the Carbon Footprint in the Great Urban Settlements in Argentina. Cuad. Geogr. Rev. Colomb. Geogr. [online]. 2013, vol.22, n.2, pp.87-106. ISSN 0121-215X.

Abstract Climate change and its most immediate effect, global warming, pose challenges for urban environmental management, such as the calculation of the carbon footprint in order to moderate potential impacts. The objective of this project was to calculate CO₂ emissions produced by anthropic activities in 15 urban settlements with over 300,000 inhabitants in Argentina. For this purpose, electricity consumption was analyzed in each city and CO₂ emissions were calculated by area according to the demand for electricity. The results reveal that Argentina, in general, and the great urban settlements, in particular, have low CO₂ emissions associated, in decreasing order, with industrial, residential, and commercial activities.

Keywords : urban settlements; electricity consumption; CO₂ emissions; emissions per capita; GHG; carbon footprint.

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