Identifying the environmental support and constraints to the Chinese economic growth-An application of the Emergy Accounting method

Energy Policy

Volumn 55, Issue , 2013, Pages 217-233

  Lou, Bo ^a   Ulgiati, Sergio ^b  

^a SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES PARTHENOPE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chinese economy; Emergy; Emergy Sustainability Index

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTING METHODS; AGGREGATE MEASURES; CHINESE ECONOMICS; CHINESE ECONOMY; DEVELOPMENT PATH; ECONOMIC GROWTHS; ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE; EMERGY; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL LOADINGS; ENVIRONMENTAL LOADS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; HIGH RATE; INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS; PER UNIT; PERFORMANCE INDICATORS; PRIMARY RESOURCES; PRODUCTION PROCESS; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SUSTAINABILITY INDEX; WORLD ECONOMY;

BENCHMARKING; ENERGY RESOURCES; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; LOADING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS;

COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECONOMIC POLICY; EMERGY; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GLOBAL ECONOMY; IMPORT; POLICY MAKING; RESOURCE ASSESSMENT; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SUSTAINABILITY;

CHINA;

EID: 84873115645     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2012.12.009     Document Type: Article

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