Outsourcing CO 2 within China
University of Maryland, College Park · University of California, Irvine · +11 more institutions
Abstract
Recent studies have shown that the high standard of living enjoyed by people in the richest countries often comes at the expense of CO2 emissions produced with technologies of low efficiency in less affluent, developing countries. Less apparent is that this relationship between developed and developing can exist within a single country's borders, with rich regions consuming and exporting high-value goods and services that depend upon production of low-cost and emission-intensive goods and services from poorer regions in the same country. As the world's largest emitter of CO2, China is a prominent and important example, struggling to balance rapid economic growth and environmental sustainability across…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 34.80
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 32
Authors
8- KFKuishuang FengCorresponding
University of Maryland, College Park
- SJSteven J. Davis
University of California, Irvine, Irvine University
- LSLaixiang Sun
University of London, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, SOAS University of London, University of Maryland, College Park
- XLXin Li
University of Leeds
- DGDabo Guan
University of Leeds, Chinese Academy of Sciences, University of Cambridge, Institute of Applied Ecology, West Suffolk College
Topics & keywords
- China
- Outsourcing
- Business
- Geography
- Marketing