China's unequal ecological exchange

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 47, Issue , 2014, Pages 156-163

  Yu, Yang ^a   Feng, Kuishuang ^a   Hubacek, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Ecological unequal exchange; Global supply chains; Local consumption; Multi region input output analysis

Indexed keywords

CHINA; GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN; INPUT OUTPUT ANALYSIS; LOCAL CONSUMPTION;

COMMODITY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEMAND ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING WORLD; ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; ECONOMIC GROWTH; EMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GREENHOUSE GAS; INPUT-OUTPUT ANALYSIS; NATURAL RESOURCE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SULFUR DIOXIDE; TRADE-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONS; URBANIZATION;

ASIA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 84910061025     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2014.01.044     Document Type: Article

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