Technology, policy and management for carbon reduction: A critical and global review with insights on the role played by the Chinese Academy

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 103, Issue , 2015, Pages 601-619

  Slowak, André P ^a   Taticchi, Paolo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbon reduction; China; Industrial sustainability; Technology

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPLEX NETWORKS; ECONOMICS; MANAGEMENT SCIENCE; SEMANTICS; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE); SOCIAL SCIENCES COMPUTING; TAXONOMIES; TECHNOLOGY;

CARBON REDUCTION; CHINA; INDUSTRIAL SECTOR; INDUSTRIAL SUSTAINABILITY; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH; MANAGEMENT RESEARCH; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SEMANTIC SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSIS;

INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS;

EID: 84953361740     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2015.01.050     Document Type: Article

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