Targets to promote energy savings in the Gulf Cooperation Council states

Energy Strategy Reviews

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 19-30

  Lahn, Glada ^a   Preston, Felix ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOMESTIC ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ECONOMIC GROWTHS; ECONOMIC SUSTAINABILITY; EMERGING ECONOMIES; GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; OIL PRICE VOLATILITY; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

COMMERCE; ECONOMICS; ENERGY UTILIZATION;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES;

EID: 84879273820     PISSN: 2211467X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.esr.2013.03.003     Document Type: Article

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