Household carbon inequality in urban China, its sources and determinants

Ecological Economics

Volumn 128, Issue , 2016, Pages 77-86

  Xu, Xinkuo ^a   Han, Liyan ^b   Lv, Xiaofeng ^c  

^a CAPITAL UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (China)

^b BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon emissions; China; Decomposition; Household; Inequality

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON EMISSION; DEMOGRAPHY; EMPLOYMENT; FOOD CONSUMPTION; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; INCOME; LITERATURE REVIEW; MITIGATION; URBAN AREA; URBAN SOCIETY;

CHINA;

EID: 84964815610     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2016.04.015     Document Type: Article

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