Assessing the impact of population, income and technology on energy consumption and industrial pollutant emissions in China

Applied Energy

Volumn 155, Issue , 2015, Pages 904-917

  Liu, Yansui ^a,b,c   Zhou, Yang ^b,c   Wu, Wenxiang ^b  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

China; EKC hypothesis; Energy consumption; Industrial pollutant emissions; Population density; STIRPAT model

Indexed keywords

CURVE FITTING; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; EXHAUST GASES; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; INDUSTRIAL WASTES; PLANNING; POLLUTION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION STATISTICS; SOLID WASTES; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER POLLUTION;

CHINA; EKC HYPOTHESIS; INDUSTRIAL POLLUTANTS; POPULATION DENSITIES; STIRPAT MODELS;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENERGY USE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; KUZNETS CURVE; POLLUTION INCIDENCE; POPULATION DENSITY; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CHINA;

EID: 84936873492     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2015.06.051     Document Type: Article

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