Urbanisation, energy consumption, and carbon dioxide emissions in China: A panel data analysis of China's provinces

Applied Energy

Volumn 136, Issue , 2014, Pages 738-749

  Wang, Shaojian ^a,b   Fang, Chuanglin ^a   Guan, Xingliang ^c   Pang, Bo ^a,b   Ma, Haitao ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c National Academy for Mayors of China   (China)

Author keywords

CO2 emissions; Energy consumption; Panel data models; Scenario simulations; Urbanisation

Indexed keywords

CARBON; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECONOMICS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; GLOBAL WARMING;

CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS; CAUSAL RELATIONSHIPS; ECONOMIC GROWTHS; LOW-CARBON ECONOMIC; PANEL DATA ANALYSIS; PANEL DATA MODELS; SCENARIO SIMULATIONS; URBANISATION;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; DATA INTERPRETATION; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; FUEL CONSUMPTION; GLOBAL WARMING; PANEL DATA; SUSTAINABILITY; URBANIZATION;

CHINA;

EID: 84908381065     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2014.09.059     Document Type: Article

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