The present study examined the relationship between urban land use and car transportation. The results derived from applications of the structural equations modeling revealed that suburbanization directly caused a proportional increase in car ownership and construction of roads, and in turn, indirectly increased the carbon dioxide emissions from cars.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/causal-analysis-car-co2-emissions-and-urban-infrastructure-using-structural-equation
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/hiroyasu-sugihara
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/jun-yamashita
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/yoriko-ikoma
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/journal-environmental-information-science
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[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/urban-land-use
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[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/urban-roads
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/cars
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