Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5480526 | Journal of Cleaner Production | 2017 | 12 Pages |
Abstract
This paper explores the relationship between household sizes, urban structures, and greenhouse gas impacts of lifestyles. When urban areas grow outwards, the household sizes also grow. As a result of this, the increase in intra-household sharing seems to alleviate the negative GHG implications of urban sprawl, which is highly logical but yet not comprehended. Thus, the rise of collaborative consumption offers potential to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions of solo dwellers, and compensate for the lower intra-household sharing with inter-household sharing.
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Authors
Sanna Ala-Mantila, Juudit Ottelin, Jukka Heinonen, Seppo Junnila,