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Climate change: Track urban emissions on a human scale

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Cities need to understand and manage their carbon footprint at the level of streets, buildings and communities, urge Kevin Robert Gurney and colleagues.

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  1. Kevin Robert Gurney is associate professor in the School of Life Sciences and the Global Institute of Sustainability, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA.,

    Kevin Robert Gurney

  2. Paty Romero-Lankao is a research scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado, USA.,

    Paty Romero-Lankao

  3. Karen C. Seto is professor of geography and associate dean of research in the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.,

    Karen C. Seto

  4. Lucy R. Hutyra is associate professor in the Department of Earth and Environment, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.,

    Lucy R. Hutyra

  5. Riley Duren is a principal engineer and chief systems engineer, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, USA.,

    Riley Duren

  6. Christopher Kennedy is professor in the Department of Civil Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto Canada.,

    Christopher Kennedy

  7. Nancy B. Grimm is professor in the School of Life Sciences and the Global Institute of Sustainability, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA.,

    Nancy B. Grimm

  8. James R. Ehleringer is a distinguished professor of biology and director of the Global Change and Sustainability Center, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.,

    James R. Ehleringer

  9. Peter Marcotullio is professor in the Department of Geography, Hunter College, City University of New York, New York, USA.,

    Peter Marcotullio

  10. Sara Hughes is assistant professor in the Department of Political Science, University of Toronto, Canada.,

    Sara Hughes

  11. Stephanie Pincetl is professor in residence at the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA.,

    Stephanie Pincetl

  12. Mikhail V. Chester is assistant professor in the Department of Civil, Environmental, and Sustainable Engineering, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA.,

    Mikhail V. Chester

  13. Daniel M. Runfola is a research assistant professor at the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, USA.,

    Daniel M. Runfola

  14. Johannes J. Feddema is professor and chair in the Department of Geography, University of Victoria, Victoria, Canada.,

    Johannes J. Feddema

  15. Joshua Sperling is a postdoctoral fellow at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado, USA.,

    Joshua Sperling

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Gurney, K., Romero-Lankao, P., Seto, K. et al. Climate change: Track urban emissions on a human scale. Nature 525, 179–181 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/525179a

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