Environmental problems and challenges in China

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 22, 2007, Pages 7597-7602

  Fu, Bo Jie ^a   Zhuang, Xu Liang ^a   Jiang, Gui Bin ^a   Shi, Jian Bo ^a   Lü, Yi He ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

AIR POLLUTION; CHINA; COASTAL WATERS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PLANT GROWTH; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOIL POLLUTION; URBANIZATION; WASTE WATER; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CHINA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; WATER; WATER POLLUTION; WATER PURIFICATION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 36249026319     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es072643l     Document Type: Review

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