Analysis of driving forces behind diversified carbon dioxide emission patterns in regions of the mainland of China

Frontiers of Environmental Science and Engineering in China

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 445-458

  Tian, Xin ^a,b   Imura, Hidefumi ^a   Chang, Miao ^b   Shi, Feng ^a   Tanikawa, Hiroki ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

carbon dioxide emission patterns; China; economic development; index decomposition analysis; industrialization

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052023776     PISSN: 16737415     EISSN: 16737520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11783-011-0330-6     Document Type: Article

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