DISAGGREGATING THE ELECTRICITY SECTOR OF CHINA'S INPUT-OUTPUT TABLE FOR IMPROVED ENVIRONMENTAL LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENT

Economic Systems Research

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 300-320

  Lindner, S ^a   Legault, J ^a   Guan, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disaggregation; Electricity sector; Environmental economic life cycle assessment

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ELECTRICITY INDUSTRY; EMISSION INVENTORY; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; EXPORT; INPUT-OUTPUT ANALYSIS; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; MAINTENANCE; PLANNING METHOD; POWER PLANT; RESOURCE USE; TRADE-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONS;

CHINA;

EID: 84880575851     PISSN: 09535314     EISSN: 14695758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09535314.2012.746646     Document Type: Article

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