CO 2 emission reduction within Chinese iron & steel industry: Practices, determinants and performance

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 33, Issue , 2012, Pages 167-178

  Zhang, Bin ^a   Wang, Zhaohua ^a   Yin, Jianhua ^b   Su, Lixia ^a  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS   (China)

Author keywords

CO 2 emission reduction; Iron steel industry; Performance; Practices

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE; EMISSION REDUCTION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENERGY SCARCITY; ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; PERFORMANCE; PRACTICES;

CLIMATE CHANGE; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY UTILIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; INDUSTRY; IRON; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STEELMAKING; SURVEYS;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

EID: 84862615738     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2012.04.012     Document Type: Article

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