Environmental economic impact assessment in China: Problems and prospects

Environmental Impact Assessment Review

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-25

  Lindhjem, Henrik ^a,b   Hu, Tao ^c   Ma, Zhong ^d   Skjelvik, John Magne ^a   Song, Guojun ^d   Vennemo, Haakon ^a   Wu, Jian ^d   Zhang, Shiqiu ^e  

^a ECON   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c State Environmental Protection Administration   (China)

^d RENMIN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^e PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Economic analysis; Environmental impact assessment; Environmental valuation

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC POLICY;

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMIC IMPACT ASSESSMENT (EEIA); ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT (EIA); ENVIRONMENTAL VALUATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; VALUATION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 33845687255     PISSN: 01959255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eiar.2006.08.004     Document Type: Article

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