The clean energy dilemma in Asia: Is there a way out?

Eurasian Geography and Economics

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 379-390

  Wilbanks, Thomas J ^a  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asia; China; Climate change; Coal; Energy and development; Greenhouse gas emissions; India; Intellectual property rights; International cooperation; Natural gas; Oil; Russia; Sustainable development; WTO

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ENERGY MARKET; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GREENHOUSE GAS; NATURAL GAS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; INDIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 54049101515     PISSN: 15387216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/1539-7216.49.4.379     Document Type: Article

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