Factor analysis of residential energy consumption at the provincial level in China

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 7710-7724

  Lin, Weibin ^a,b   Chen, Bin ^a,b   Luo, Shichao ^a,b   Liang, Li ^a,b  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b China Energy Research Society   (China)

Author keywords

Climate change; Economic development level; Energy resource endowment; Residential energy

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECONOMETRICS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENERGY RESOURCE; FACTOR ANALYSIS; RESIDENTIAL ENERGY; SUSTAINABILITY;

CHINA;

EID: 84920735438     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su6117710     Document Type: Article

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