Decoupling analysis of four selected countries: China, Russia, Japan, and the United States during 2000-2007

Journal of Industrial Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 618-629

  Wang, Heming ^a   Hashimoto, Seiji ^b   Yue, Qiang ^a   Moriguchi, Yuichi ^c   Lu, Zhongwu ^a,d  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b RITSUMEIKAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Economic growth; Energy use; Gross domestic product (GDP); Industrial ecology; Resource extraction

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; EXTRACTION; NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; SULFUR; WASTE TREATMENT;

ECONOMIC GROWTHS; ENERGY USE; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCTS; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; RESOURCE EXTRACTION;

SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ECONOMIC GROWTH; ENERGY USE; EXTRACTION; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; OECD; SULFUR DIOXIDE; WASTE DISPOSAL;

CHINA; JAPAN; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84881373169     PISSN: 10881980     EISSN: 15309290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jiec.12005     Document Type: Article

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