Implications of Australia's Population Policy for Future Greenhouse Gas Emissions Targets

Asia and the Pacific Policy Studies

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 249-265

  Bradshaw, Corey J A ^a   Brook, Barry W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate change; Demography; Dependency ratio; Emissions; Fertility

Indexed keywords

EID: 85010756373     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20502680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/app5.135     Document Type: Article

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