Comparing a global high-resolution downscaled fossil fuel CO2 emission dataset to local inventory-based estimates over 14 global cities

Table 1 Information of 14 Cities and metropolitan regions in this study

City or metropolitan region	Definition	Population (Kennedy)	Year (Kennedy)	Area (km²)	Total in-boundary FFE (MtCO₂)	In-boundary FFE (tCO₂/cap)
Bangkok	Bangkok Metropolis	5,658,953	2005	1574	27.53	4.86
Beijing	Beijing Municipality	15,810,000	2006	16,424	115.19	7.29
Shanghai	Shanghai Municipality	18,150,000	2006	6905	179.91	9.91
Delhi	Metropolis	13,200,000	2000	1508	12.72	0.96
Cape Town	City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality	3,497,097	2005	2451	6.12	1.75
Sao Paulo	Municipality	11,300,000	2011	1531^a	10.58	0.94
Tokyo	Tokyo Metropolis	12,677,921	2006	1805	39.94	3.15
Greater Paris	Ile de France	11,532,398	2005	12,058	50.30	4.36
Greater London	Greater London	7,364,100	2003	1604	32.36	4.39
Los Angeles	County	9,519,338	2000	10,612	77.64	8.16
Manhattan	Borough	1,570,274	2005	69	7.44	4.74
New York City	City	8,170,000	2005	807	43.13	5.28
Washington D.C.	District of Columbia	571,723	2000	177.5	6.81	11.91
Greater Toronto	Greater Toronto	5,555,912	2005	7636	44.35	7.98

The population data for Delhi, Tokyo and Washington D.C. were taken from Kennedy et al. [17], for Manhattan was adopt from NYC Open Data [58], the population data for other 10 cities were used from Kennedy et al. [42]. Area information was based on GADM database except City of Cape Town and Washington D.C. The official area boundary from local governmental open source online for Cape Town [46] and Washington D.C. [47] were used in this study directly
^aArea boundary for Sao Paulo referred to Ferreira MJ [59]

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