Structural change and the environment: A case study of China's production recipe and carbon dioxide emissions

Journal of Industrial Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 623-635

  Lan, Jun ^a   Lenzen, Manfred ^a   Dietzenbacher, Erik ^b   Moran, Daniel ^c   Kanemoto, Keiichiro ^c   Murray, Joy ^c   Geschke, Arne ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c ISA ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Average coefficient; Carbon dioxide emissions; Economic input output analysis; Industrial ecology; Life cycle assessment; Marginal coefficient

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE COEFFICIENT; CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; INPUT OUTPUT ANALYSIS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); MARGINAL COEFFICIENT;

ECONOMICS; GLOBAL WARMING; LIFE CYCLE;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ABATEMENT COST; ASSESSMENT METHOD; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC GROWTH; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; INPUT-OUTPUT ANALYSIS; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS;

CHINA;

EID: 84865342666     PISSN: 10881980     EISSN: 15309290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-9290.2012.00518.x     Document Type: Article

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