Trends in the last decades, such as the rapid development and rising of China or the convergence of its absolute economic indicators to those of the USA, are significant elements of today's world economy. In this paper we analyze the external trade of these two economic powers: the focus of the...

Purpose of the article: Cities account for 60-80% of global energy consumption, and based on projections the development of urban areas will be the main engine of energy use growth in the future. Understanding and analysing the urban energy use and clarifying social and spatial inequalities is...