CO 2-emission reduction in China's residential building sector and contribution to the national climate change mitigation targets in 2020

Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 769-791

  Oberheitmann, Andreas ^a,b,c  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b RWI LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c JIANGNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

2020 targets; Building sector; China; Climate change mitigation measures; CO 2 emission reduction; Econometric model

Indexed keywords

BUILDING CONSTRUCTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COAL; DEMAND ANALYSIS; ECONOMETRICS; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; FUEL CONSUMPTION; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; MITIGATION; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; RESIDENTIAL LOCATION; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA;

CHINA;

EID: 84865522110     PISSN: 13812386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11027-011-9343-5     Document Type: Article

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