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Socioeconomic drivers of greenhouse gas emissions (special issue)

Author
Leifman M., Heil, M. (eds)
Journal/Series
The Journal of Environment & Development | Vol. 14(1); 27 - 219; 193 p.
Date
2005
Source
IUCN (ID: ANA-073018)
Publisher | Place of publication
University of California | San Diego, CA, USA
Document type
Article in periodical
Language
English
Field of application
International
Country/Territory
United States of America
Subject
Air & atmosphere
Keyword
Tropical forests Emissions Developing countries Research Climate change Charcoal Fuelwood
Abstract

Contents: 1. Assessment of environmental Kuznets curves and socioeconomic drivers in IPCC 's SRES scenarios 2. An environmental Kuznets curve analysis of US state- level carbon dioxide emissions 3. Deforestation and forest-induced carbon dioxide emissions in tropical countries: How do governance and trade openness affect the forest-income relationship? 4. Beyond the environmental Kuznets curve: Diffusion of sulfur-emissions-abating technology 5. Faster, sooner, and more simultaneously: How recent road and air transportation CO2 emissions trends in developing countries differ from historic trends in the US 6. The role of technology management in the dynamics of greenhouse gas emissions from household energy use in sub-Saharan Africa 7. Income and pollutant emissions in the Objectis MiniCAM model 8. Probabilistic modeling of sulfur and nitrogen pollution controls and their releations with income