Carbon dioxide emissions in Central and Eastern European nations, 1992-2005: A test of ecologically unequal exchange theory

Human Ecology Review

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 105-114

  Jorgenson, Andrew K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide emissions; Central and Eastern Europe; Ecologically unequal exchange; Environmental sociology; Globalization; International political economy; Transition economies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856319890     PISSN: 10744827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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