Potential environmental benefits from increased use of bioenergy in China

Environmental Management

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 504-515

  Fan, Shuyang ^a,b,c   Freedman, Bill ^d   Gao, Jixi ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOUNTAIN HAZARDS AND ENVIRONMENT   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c CHINESE RESEARCH ACADEMY OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^d DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Air pollutants; Bioenergy; Biomass; Carbon dioxide; China; Greenhouse gases; People's Republic of China; Renewable energy

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTANTS; BIOENERGY; NONRENEWABLE SOURCES;

AIR POLLUTION; BIOFUELS; CARBON DIOXIDE; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GREENHOUSE GASES; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

BIOMASS;

BIOFUEL; CARBON DIOXIDE; COAL; FUEL; METHANE; NITRIC OXIDE; PETROLEUM; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOENERGY; BIOMASS; ECONOMIC GROWTH; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; GREENHOUSE GAS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; POPULATION GROWTH; RENEWABLE RESOURCE;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; BIOENERGY; BIOMASS; CHINA; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FIELD EMISSION; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD PROCESSING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GREENHOUSE GAS; HABITAT; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MANURE; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; POPULATION DENSITY; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AIR POLLUTION; BIOMASS; CHINA; CONSERVATION OF ENERGY RESOURCES; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; ENERGY-GENERATING RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENT; FOSSIL FUELS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HUMANS; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 34548065518     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-006-0116-y     Document Type: Review

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