8 ABSTRACT: Which municipalities and locations within the United States contribute the 9 most to household greenhouse gas emissions, and what is the effect of population density 10 and suburbanization on emissions? Using national household surveys, we developed 11 econometric models of demand for energy, transportation, food, goods, and services that 12 were used to derive average household car...

There is interest in understanding which characteristics of metropolitan areas impact the length time or distance residents spend commuting. We utilize two measures recently introduced to urban literature capturing distinct dimensions employment decentralization –the level deconcentration and spatial dispersion – assess how they are related commuting patterns across areas. These urban/metropoli...

We present a compilation of over 1700 focal mechanisms for nearly 1300 earthquakes in metropolitan France and bordering regions Western Europe. It is based on both published unpublished sources (articles, reports, observatory websites) which the mechanism solutions have been verified internal consistency, corrected cases minor errors rejected major inconsistencies between parameters. The databa...