Greenhouse gas mitigation
Alternative labels
Carbon dioxide mitigation
Journal article
The geography of solar photovoltaics (PV) and a new low carbon urban transition theory
This paper examines the early phases of a 21st century energy transition that involves distributed generation technologies employing low or zero carbon emission power sources and their take-up within Australia, with particular reference to the major cities and solar photovoltaics (PV). This transition is occurring in a nation with significant path dependency to overcome in...
Conference paper
Creating Resilient Cities: How a new generation of tools can assist local governments in achieving carbon their abatement goals
‘Resilient Cities’ is a relatively new term that is designed to go further than ‘Sustainable Cities’ by pushing the transformational aspects of the changes needed within cities to adapt to the long-term challenges facing the planet such as climate change and resources scarcities. Sustainability is still a powerful word in application to cities as it...
Conference paper
Investigating private motorised travel and vehicle fleet efficiency: using new data and methods to reveal socio-spatial patterns in Brisbane.
This paper investigates the spatial patterns of vehicle energy consumption on urban areas through an analysis of vehicle travel and efficiency of the vehicle fleet in Brisbane.
Conference paper
The density trade-off does high rise construction contribute more than that of single dwellings to greenhouse gas emissions?
This paper examines the relationship between density increases and reducing carbon within cities.
Article
Ghosts of politicians past
As the latest carbon price package makes its way through parliament, Fergus Green in Inside Story takes a trip down memory lane.