The implications of China's investment-driven economy on its energy consumption and carbon emissions

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 85, Issue , 2014, Pages 573-580

  Fu, Feng ^a,b   Ma, Linwei ^a   Li, Zheng ^a   Polenske, Karen R ^b  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon emission; China; Energy consumption; Input output model; Investment

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; INVESTMENTS;

CARBON EMISSIONS; CHINA; CONSTRUCTION SECTORS; DOMESTIC INVESTMENTS; ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES; ENERGY SAVING AND EMISSION REDUCTIONS; INPUT OUTPUT MODEL; MANUFACTURING SECTOR;

ECONOMICS;

EID: 84904972735     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2014.05.046     Document Type: Article

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