Sustainable development and technological impact on CO2 reducing conditions in Romania

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 1637-1650

  Cioca, Lucian Ionel ^a   Ivascu, Larisa ^b   Rada, Elena Cristina ^c,d   Torretta, Vincenzo ^c   Ionescu, Gabriela ^e  

^a LUCIAN BLAGA UNIVERSITY OF SIBIU   (Romania)

^b POLITEHNICA UNIVERSITY OF TIMISOARA   (Romania)

^c UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY POLITEHNICA OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

Author keywords

CO2; Energy; GHG; Sustainable development; Transport

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; POLLUTION CONTROL; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ROMANIA;

EID: 84923171828     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su7021637     Document Type: Article

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