Emissions trading in China: A conceptual 'leapfrog' approach?

Energy

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 904-912

  Raufer, Roger ^a   Li, Shaoyi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific   (Thailand)

Author keywords

China; Emissions trading; Intermittent control systems; Predictive emissions monitoring; Real time emissions control

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; COMMERCE; CONTROL SYSTEM ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; INTELLIGENT CONTROL; POLLUTION INDUCED CORROSION; REAL TIME SYSTEMS;

CHINA; EMISSIONS TRADING; INTERMITTENT CONTROL SYSTEMS; PREDICTIVE EMISSIONS MONITORING; REAL-TIME EMISSIONS CONTROL;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; ECONOMIC GROWTH; EMISSION CONTROL; EMISSIONS TRADING; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; GREENHOUSE GAS; MONITORING SYSTEM; REAL TIME; SOFTWARE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 67349098539     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2009.03.011     Document Type: Article

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