The moderating effects of urbanization on carbon dioxide emissions: A latent class modeling approach

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Volumn 90, Issue PA, 2015, Pages 302-317

  Chikaraishi, Makoto ^a   Fujiwara, Akimasa ^b   Kaneko, Shinji ^b   Poumanyvong, Phetkeo ^b   Komatsu, Satoru ^b   Kalugin, Andrey ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Hiroshima YMCA school of languages   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide emissions; Latent class STIRPAT model; Moderating effect; Urbanization; Urbanization dependent elasticities

Indexed keywords

ELASTICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GLOBAL WARMING; GREEN MANUFACTURING; SERVICE INDUSTRY;

CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS; DEVELOPMENT STAGES; IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT; LATENT CLASS MODEL; MODERATING EFFECT; STIRPAT MODELS; TERTIARY INDUSTRIES; URBANIZATION;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; EMISSION INVENTORY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION INCIDENCE; URBANIZATION;

EID: 84916877332     PISSN: 00401625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2013.12.025     Document Type: Article

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