Examining drivers of the emissions embodied in trade

PLoS ONE

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2017, Pages

  Wu, Leying ^a   Wang, Zheng ^a,b  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CHINA; DECOMPOSITION; EMISSIONS EMBODIED IN PROVINCIAL TRADE; ENERGY BALANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GLOBAL CLIMATE; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION; REGIONALIZATION; RESPONSIBILITY; RURAL AREA; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA;

CHINA; COMMERCE;

EID: 85018506014     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0176159     Document Type: Article

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