Carbon inequality at the sub-national scale: A case study of provincial-level inequality in CO2 emissions in China 1997-2007

Energy Policy

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 5420-5428

  Clarke Sather, Afton ^a,b   Qu, Jiansheng ^a,c   Wang, Qin ^c   Zeng, Jingjing ^a   Li, Yan ^c  

^a CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Climate change; Inequality

Indexed keywords

CHINA; COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION; GINI INDEX; GLOBAL PATTERNS; INCOME INEQUALITY; INEQUALITY; PER CAPITA; PER CAPITA INCOME;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; CLIMATE CHANGE; EMISSIONS TRADING; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; INCOME;

CHINA;

EID: 79960738812     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2011.05.021     Document Type: Article

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