Science and government: Revolutionizing China's environmental protection

Science

Volumn 319, Issue 5859, 2008, Pages 37-38

  Liu, Jianguo ^a,b,c   Diamond, Jared ^d  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE SYSTEM; CATASTROPHIC EVENT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GOVERNMENT; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; MODEL; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;

ALGAL BLOOM; AWARENESS; CHINA; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; OIL SPILL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTION;

CHINA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; GOVERNMENT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 37849023557     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1150416     Document Type: Short Survey

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14. We thank Z. Ouyang and two anonymous reviewers for their constructive comments on an earlier draft. Funding was provided by the NSF (0216450 and 0709717), Michigan State University, and National Natural Science Foundation of China (30428028).