Household Energy Use and Carbon Emissions in China: A decomposition analysis

Environmental Policy and Governance

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 316-329

  Zhu, Qin ^a   Wei, Taoyuan ^b  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH OSLO CICERO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Carbon emissions; China; Decomposition; Households; Policy; Population; Responsibility

Indexed keywords

CARBON EMISSION; DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS; ENERGY USE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; HOUSEHOLD ENERGY; POLLUTION CONTROL;

CHINA;

EID: 84944750370     PISSN: 1756932X     EISSN: 17569338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eet.1675     Document Type: Article

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