Up in Smoke: The Human Ecology and Political Economy of Coal Consumption

Organization and Environment

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 452-469

  Clark, Brett ^a   Jorgenson, Andrew K ^a   Auerbach, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

carbon dioxide; coal consumption; cross national; economic growth; environmental change; globalization; natural resource; political economy; population

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; COAL; DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; MODERNIZATION; NATURAL RESOURCE; POLITICAL ECONOMY;

EID: 84871362092     PISSN: 10860266     EISSN: 15527417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1086026612462379     Document Type: Article

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