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CASE STUDIES


              KEETHA in Malaysia  has         i.   Urban        Transport:        traffic     management.
              developed        performance        Emphasising     a    shift      The    development     of
              benchmarks     for  reducing        towards       sustainable       pedestrian-      friendly
              greenhouse gas emissions,           transport modes such            infrastructure  is   also
              concentrating on four principal     as BRTS and MRTS,               highlighted.
              areas: Urban Transport, Urban       promoting        walking
              Environment,  Buildings,  and       and      cycling     over   ii.  Urban     Environment:
              Urban Infrastructure. Each of       private    vehicle   use,       Strategies include site
              these  elements  encompasses        adopting clean vehicles,        selection that prioritises
              specific strategies for reducing    and        implementing         development       within
              carbon footprints:                  vehicle    speed     and        urban footprints to limit
                                                                                  sprawl and encourage


              Table 1. Assessment for National Green House Gas Inventories

               SECTOR           SUB SECTORS                                    GREENHOUSE GASES
               Energy           °  Stationary Combustion                       °  Carbon Dioxide
                                °  Mobile Combustion                           °  Methane Nitrous Oxide
                                °  Fugitive emissions                          °  Perfluorocarbons
                                °  CO , transport, injection and geological storage
                                      2
               Industrial       °  Mineral industry emissions                  °  Sulphur hexafluoride
               processes and    °  Chemical industry emissions                 °  Nitrogen trifluoride
               product use      °  Metal industry emissions                    °  Trifluoromethyl sulphur
                                °  Non-energy products from fuels and solvents    pentafluoride
                                   used                                        °  Halogen ethers
                                °  Electronics industry emissions              °  Other Halocarbons
                                °  Emissions of fluorinated substitutes for ozone-
                                   depleting substances
                                °  Other products manufactured and used
               Agriculture,     °  Forest land
               forestry and     °  Cropland
               other land use   °  Grassland
                                °  Wetlands
                                °  Settlement
                                °  Others
                                °  Emissions from livestock and manure
                                   management
                                °  N O emissions from managed soils and CO
                                                                         2
                                    2
                                   emissions from lime and urea application
                                °  Harvested wood products
               Waste            °  Solid waste disposal
                                °  Biological treatment of solid waste
                                °  Incineration and open burning of waste
                                °  Wastewater treatment and discharge
              Source. (1) Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (2006), Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories,
              Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. (2) Dodman (2009) (3) Sahni and Aulakh (2014).


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