Urban environmental management in Shanghai: Achievements, problems, and prospects

Environmental Management

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 307-321

  Tu, Wei ^a   Shi, Chun ^b  

^a GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Coastal megacity Shanghai; Sustainable urban development; Urban environmental management

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; PUBLIC POLICY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

SHANGHAI; URBAN ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN AREA; URBAN DEVELOPMENT;

CHINA; CITY; GOVERNMENT; INDUSTRIAL AREA; INDUSTRIALIZATION; POLICY; POLLUTION; REVIEW; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION;

CHINA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POLITICS; PUBLIC POLICY; URBANIZATION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; SHANGHAI;

EID: 32444434065     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-003-0155-6     Document Type: Review

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