Measuring and analyzing carbon emission performance of Chinese national urban agglomerations: a static-dynamic integrated approach based on NDDF-GML

Ruotian Zhuang

doi:10.54254/2977-5701/2025.22015

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Received: 4 April 2025

Published: 10 April 2025

DOI: https://doi.org/10.54254/2977-5701/2025.22015

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Zhuang,R. (2025). Measuring and analyzing carbon emission performance of Chinese national urban agglomerations: a static-dynamic integrated approach based on NDDF-GML. Journal of Applied Economics and Policy Studies,18(2),61-76.

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