Commentary: Carbon property rights in context

Environmental Practice

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 105-114

  Boydell, Spike ^a   Sheehan, John ^a   Prior, Jason ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON EMISSION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; EMISSIONS TRADING; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GREENHOUSE GAS; LEGISLATION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 67749145255     PISSN: 14660466     EISSN: 14660474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1466046609090152     Document Type: Article

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