Energy and environmental efficiency of china's transportation sector: A multidirectional analysis approach

Mathematical Problems in Engineering

Volumn 2014, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Bi, Gongbing ^a   Wang, Pingchun ^a   Yang, Feng ^a   Liang, Liang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; EMISSION CONTROL; MEASUREMENTS; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION;

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; EFFICIENT USE OF ENERGY; ENERGY SAVING POTENTIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFICIENCY; NON-RADIAL DEA MODELS; PERFORMANCE STANDARDS; TRANSPORTATION SECTOR;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84901981263     PISSN: 1024123X     EISSN: 15635147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2014/539596     Document Type: Article

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