Trajectories for greening in China: Theory and practice

Development and Change

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 3-28

  Ho, Peter ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b Academic Board of the International Institute of Asian Studies   (Netherlands)

^c FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 33646050903     PISSN: 0012155X     EISSN: 14677660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0012-155X.2006.00467.x     Document Type: Review

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