China as Chimney of the World: The Fossil Capital Hypothesis

Organization and Environment

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 146-177

  Malm, Andreas ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

China; CO2 emissions; embodied emissions in trade; environmental Kuznets curve in reverse; fossil capital; globalization; labor

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; FOSSIL FUEL; GLOBALIZATION; KUZNETS CURVE; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

CHINA;

EID: 84862647362     PISSN: 10860266     EISSN: 15527417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1086026612449338     Document Type: Article

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