Factors affecting regional per-capita carbon emissions in China based on an LMDI factor decomposition model

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Dong, Feng ^a   Long, Ruyin ^a   Chen, Hong ^a   Li, Xiaohui ^b   Yang, Qingliang ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b YANTAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON;

AIR AND AIR RELATED PHENOMENA; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHINA; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; LOGARITHMIC MEAN DIVISIA INDEX METHOD; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PER CAPITA CARBON EMISSION;

CARBON FOOTPRINT; CHINA; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENERGY-GENERATING RESOURCES; GEOGRAPHY; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 84891953778     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0080888     Document Type: Article

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