Assessing the Inequality of Spanish Households through the Carbon Footprint: The 21st Century Great Recession Effect

Journal of Industrial Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 571-581

  López, Luis Antonio ^a   Arce, Guadalupe ^a   Morenate, Manuel ^a   Monsalve, Fabio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

Author keywords

carbon footprint; consumption patterns; industrial ecology; inequality; input output analysis (IOA); Spain

Indexed keywords

CARBON FOOTPRINT; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; INTERNATIONAL TRADE;

CONSUMPTION PATTERNS; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; INEQUALITY; INPUT OUTPUT ANALYSIS; SPAIN;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

CARBON FOOTPRINT; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; ECONOMIC INSTABILITY; EMISSION INVENTORY; EQUITY; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; INPUT-OUTPUT ANALYSIS; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; SCALE EFFECT; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

SPAIN;

EID: 84977138584     PISSN: 10881980     EISSN: 15309290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jiec.12466     Document Type: Article

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