Multi-scale input-output analysis for multiple responsibility entities: Carbon emission by urban economy in Beijing 2007
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https://doi.org/10.5890/JEAM.2013.01.004Abstract
In ecological accounting for various responsibility entities, embodied ecological endowment fluxes across the local system boundary have different mitigation implications. A framework for the multi-scale input-output analysis is presented in this article to support ecological accounting for mitigation policy making by global, domestic and local responsibility entities. A case study for carbon emissions by the urban economy in Beijing 2007 is made to compare corresponding perspectives. With intensive tertiary industry, the urban economy is revealed as a net carbon emission importer.References
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