Australia's carbon footprint

Economic Systems Research

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 243-266

  Wood, Richard ^a,b   Dey, Christopher J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Australia; Carbon footprint; Greenhouse gas emissions; Input output analysis; Sectoral analysis

Indexed keywords

CARBON EMISSION; ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; EMISSIONS TRADING; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; GREENHOUSE GAS; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; INPUT-OUTPUT ANALYSIS; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 77949388826     PISSN: 09535314     EISSN: 14695758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09535310903541397     Document Type: Article

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