Carbon implications of China’s urbanization

Energy, Ecology and Environment

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 39-44

  Feng, Kuishuang ^a   Hubacek, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

CO 2 emissions; Input output analysis; Mitigation; Rural urban migration

Indexed keywords

EID: 85011800227     PISSN: 23637692     EISSN: 23638338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40974-016-0015-x     Document Type: Article

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