An estimation of energy consumption and CO2 emissions in tourism sector of China

Journal of Geographical Sciences

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 733-745

  Wu, Pu ^a   Shi, Peihua ^a,b  

^a China Tourism Academy   (China)

^b BEIJING JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; CO2 emissions; energy consumption; estimate; tourism

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960333857     PISSN: 1009637X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11442-011-0876-z     Document Type: Article

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