Economic transition and environmental sustainability: Effects of economic restructuring on air pollution in the Russian Federation

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 141-151

  Cherp, Aleg ^a   Kopteva, Irina ^a   Mnatsakanian, Ruben ^a  

^a CENTRAL EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Economic liberalization; Economic restructuring; Environmental performance; Process of transition; Russia

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; COMMERCE; INVESTMENTS; SMELTING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ECONOMIC LIBERALIZATION; ECONOMIC RESTRUCTURING; ECONOMIC TRANSITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; INDUSTRIAL SECTOR; POLLUTION INTENSITY; PROCESS OF TRANSITION; RUSSIA; TRANSPORT SECTORS;

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT;

AIR QUALITY; ECONOMIC REFORM; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; POLLUTION CONTROL; SUSTAINABILITY; TRANSITIONAL ECONOMY;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CAR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPLOITATION; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; HUMAN; INDUSTRIALIZATION; INVESTMENT; METAL INDUSTRY; METHODOLOGY; OIL INDUSTRY; PROFIT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SMELTER; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 0038482129     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-4797(03)00018-5     Document Type: Article

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