Decomposition of energy-related carbon emissions in Xinjiang and relative mitigation policy recommendations

Frontiers of Earth Science

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 65-76

  Wang, Changjian ^a,b   Zhang, Xiaolei ^a   Wang, Fei ^a,b   Lei, Jun ^a   Zhang, Li ^c  

^a XINJIANG INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c Fujian Electronic Power Survey and Design Institute   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon emissions; Index decomposition analysis; Mitigation policy recommendations; Xinjiang

Indexed keywords

CARBON EMISSION; DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY USE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FOSSIL FUEL; MITIGATION; POWER GENERATION;

CHINA; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 84934299563     PISSN: 20950195     EISSN: 20950209     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11707-014-0442-y     Document Type: Article

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