Towards a theory of decoupling: Degrees of decoupling in the EU and the case of road traffic in Finland between 1970 and 2001

Transport Policy

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 137-151

  Tapio, Petri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide emissions; Decoupling; European union; Finland; Gross domestic product; Transport volume

Indexed keywords

ROAD TRANSPORT; TRANSPORTATION POLICY;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; WORLD;

UNIDENTIFIED AGENTS;

EID: 16844365399     PISSN: 0967070X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tranpol.2005.01.001     Document Type: Article

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