Drivers of CO2 emissions in the former Soviet Union: A country level IPAT analysis from 1990 to 2010

Energy

Volumn 59, Issue , 2013, Pages 743-753

  Brizga, Janis ^a,b   Feng, Kuishuang ^b   Hubacek, Klaus ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LATVIA   (Latvia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Decoupling; Environmental Kuznets curve; Former Soviet Union; Index decomposition analyses; IPAT

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ECONOMICS; FOSSIL FUELS;

DECOUPLING; ENVIRONMENTAL KUZNETS CURVES; INDEX DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS; IPAT; SOVIET UNION;

ENERGY UTILIZATION;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC GROWTH; EMISSION INVENTORY; FOSSIL FUEL; INDUSTRIALIZATION; KUZNETS CURVE; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

USSR;

EID: 84883301780     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2013.07.045     Document Type: Article

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