Environmental degradation and environmental threats in China

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 90, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 161-169

  Wang, Ying ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Disastrous impact; Environmental degradation; Natural hazard; Public health

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; DEFORESTATION; DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LANDSLIDES; SEWAGE; SOIL POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION;

SOIL EROSION;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

FRESH WATER; SNOW;

ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; NATURAL HAZARD; POLLUTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT;

AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; CHINA; DEATH; DEFORESTATION; DISASTER; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FLOODING; GOVERNMENT; MINING; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SAND; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL EROSION; SOIL POLLUTION; THREAT; URBAN AREA; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

AGRICULTURE; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CHINA; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; MINING; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RIVERS; SEWAGE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 0942298930     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:EMAS.0000003576.36834.c9     Document Type: Review

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