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Christopher Kennedy

Christopher Kennedy

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
54
Citations
15291
World Ranking
3965
National Ranking
166

Overview

Christopher Kennedy is a researcher affiliated with the University of Victoria in Canada. Their work primarily focuses on the fields of Environmental Science and Energy, with a particular emphasis on Environmental Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability, and related economic aspects.

The scientist has a significant number of publications covering topics such as:

  • Environmental Impact and Sustainability
  • Global Energy and Sustainability Research
  • Sustainability and Ecological Systems Analysis
  • Market Dynamics and Volatility
  • Sustainable Industrial Ecology
  • Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies
  • Energy and Environment Impacts

Christopher Kennedy's research has been published in several academic venues, with frequent contributions to the following journals:

  • Journal of Industrial Ecology
  • Ecological Economics
  • Scientific Reports
  • Canadian Public Administration
  • Sustainability

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by Kennedy are:

  • "Beyond COVID-19: Five commentaries on reimagining governance for future crises and resilience" (2020) published in Canadian Public Administration
  • "Non-Sewered Sanitation Systems' Global Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Balancing Sustainable Development Goal Tradeoffs to End Open Defecation" (2021) published in Sustainability
  • "The energy embodied in the first and second industrial revolutions" (2020) published in Journal of Industrial Ecology
  • "Urban Scaling and the Benefits of Living in Cities" (2020) published in Sustainable Cities and Society
  • "Biophysical economic interpretation of the Great Depression: A critical period of an energy transition" (2023) published in Journal of Industrial Ecology

Collaboration is an integral part of Kennedy's research, with frequent co-authors including G. M. Guidi, Rossana Mastrandrea, Angelo Facchini, Tiziano Squartini, and Richard Wood.

Best Publications

  • The Changing Metabolism of Cities

    Christopher Kennedy;John Cuddihy;Joshua Engel-Yan

  • The study of urban metabolism and its applications to urban planning and design.

    C. Kennedy;S. Pincetl;P. Bunje

  • Environment: Waste production must peak this century.

    Daniel Hoornweg;Perinaz Bhada-Tata;Chris Kennedy

  • Comparing High and Low Residential Density: Life-Cycle Analysis of Energy Use and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

    Jonathan Norman;Heather L. MacLean;Christopher A. Kennedy

  • Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Global Cities

    Christopher Kennedy;Julia Steinberger;Barrie Gasson;Yvonne Hansen

  • Urban ecosystems and the North American carbon cycle

    D. E. Pataki;R. J. Alig;A. S. Fung;N. E. Golubiewski

  • Methodology for inventorying greenhouse gas emissions from global cities

    Christopher Kennedy;Julia Steinberger;Barrie Gasson;Yvonne Hansen

  • Energy and material flows of megacities

    Christopher A. Kennedy;Iain Stewart;Angelo Facchini;Igor Cersosimo

  • Developing sustainability criteria for urban infrastructure systems

    Halla R Sahely;Christopher A Kennedy;Barry J Adams

  • Comparative Life Cycle Assessment of Standard and Green Roofs

    Susana Saiz;Christopher Kennedy;Brad Bass;Kim Pressnail

  • The Four Pillars of Sustainable Urban Transportation

    Christopher Kennedy;Eric Miller;Amer Shalaby;Heather Maclean

  • Estimating the urban metabolism of Canadian cities: Greater Toronto Area case study

    Halla R Sahely;Shauna Dudding;Christopher A Kennedy

  • A Spatial Analysis of Residential Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the Toronto Census Metropolitan Area

    Jared R. VandeWeghe;Christopher Kennedy

  • Metabolism of Neighborhoods

    Natalia Codoban;Christopher A. Kennedy

  • Life-Cycle Energy Use and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory for Water Treatment Systems

    Alina I. Racoviceanu;Bryan W. Karney;Christopher A. Kennedy;Andrew F. Colombo

  • Network Analysis of World Subway Systems Using Updated Graph Theory

    Sybil Derrible;Christopher Kennedy

  • Characterizing Metro Networks: State, Form, and Structure

    Sybil J. Derrible;Christopher Kennedy

  • A comparison of the sustainability of public and private transportation systems: Study of the Greater Toronto Area

    Christopher A. Kennedy

  • Low-carbon infrastructure strategies for cities

    C. A. Kennedy;N. Ibrahim;D. Hoornweg

  • Climate change: Track urban emissions on a human scale

    Kevin Robert Gurney;Paty Romero-Lankao;Karen C. Seto;Lucy R. Hutyra

Frequent Co-Authors

Matthew J. Roorda
Matthew J. Roorda University of Toronto
Stephanie Pincetl
Stephanie Pincetl University of California, Los Angeles
Mehdi Bagheri
Mehdi Bagheri Nazarbayev University
Anu Ramaswami
Anu Ramaswami Princeton University
Mikhail Chester
Mikhail Chester Arizona State University
Diane E. Pataki
Diane E. Pataki Arizona State University
Lawrence A. Baker
Lawrence A. Baker University of Minnesota
Heather L. MacLean
Heather L. MacLean University of Toronto
Kevin R. Gurney
Kevin R. Gurney Northern Arizona University
Julia K. Steinberger
Julia K. Steinberger University of Lausanne

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