STIRPAT, IPAT and ImPACT: Analytic tools for unpacking the driving forces of environmental impacts

Ecological Economics

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 351-365

  York, Richard ^a   Rosa, Eugene A ^b   Dietz, Thomas ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Co2 emissions; Ecological elasticity; Ecological footprint; Energy; Environmental Kuznets curve; ImPACT; IPAT; STIRPAT

Indexed keywords

CARBON EMISSION; ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; KUZNETS CURVE; METHODOLOGY;

EID: 0345531004     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-8009(03)00188-5     Document Type: Article

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