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Primer on Urban Form and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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dc.contributor.authorDeuskar, Chandan
dc.date.accessioned2025-04-17T17:04:43Z
dc.date.available2025-04-17T17:04:43Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.abstractThis knowledge note aims to summarize the relationships between urban form and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, for reference by practitioners and policymakers. It explores the ways in which various elements of urban form can impact the carbon of urban growth. In the context of GHG emissions, urban form is usually discussed in terms of population density, which is often visualized in terms of building heights, and its impact on transportation-related emissions. However, many different dimensions of the urban built environment, including not just density but also land use patterns, the configuration of street networks, and the materials and orientations of buildings, can impact urban GHG emissions in various ways. Urban density itself may or may not take the form of tall buildings. The impact of urban form on emissions is not restricted to its effect on transportation. The note clarifies these relationships, and also provides examples in which urban growth modeling tools quantify the emissions reductions from various growth scenarios.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099111023105630690
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/43091
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/43091
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWashington, DC: World Bank
dc.relation.ispartofseriesCity Climate Finance Gap Fund Technical Note
dc.rightsCC BY-NC 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/igo
dc.subjectGREENHOUSE GAS
dc.subjectCLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subjectURBAN GROWTH
dc.subjectEMISSIONS
dc.subjectTRASPORTATION
dc.subjectTALL BUILDING
dc.titlePrimer on Urban Form and Greenhouse Gas Emissionsen
dc.typeWorking Paper
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okr.crossref.titlePrimer on Urban Form and Greenhouse Gas Emissions
okr.date.disclosure2025-04-17
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-20T02:17:59.794975Z
okr.date.doiregistration2025-05-02T02:23:34.971913Z
okr.date.lastmodified2025-04-16T18:04:50Zen
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okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099111023105630690
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okr.region.administrativeThe World Region
okr.region.country
okr.topicUrban Development::Urban Environment
okr.topicEnvironment::Climate Change Impacts
okr.topicEnvironment::Climate Change Mitigation and Green House Gases
okr.unitInfra - Urban Global Department (IDUGD)
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