Governmental policies on hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs) mitigation and its cleaner production measures - case study in Taiwan

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 646-654

  Tsai, Wen Tien ^a   Chou, Yao Hung ^b  

^a NATIONAL PINGTUNG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b CHIA NAN UNIVERSITY OF PHARMACY AND SCIENCE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cleaner production; Governmental policy; Hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs); Mitigation; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; POLLUTION CONTROL; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TAIWAN;

HYDROCHLOROFLUOROCARBONS (HCFCS); INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY; NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT (NCSD); SOCIOECONOMIC STATISTICS;

CHLOROFLUOROCARBONS;

EID: 36448958292     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2007.02.007     Document Type: Article

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