Improving air quality in large cities by substituting natural gas for coal in China: Changing idea and incentive policy implications

Energy Policy

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 307-318

  Mao, Xianqiang ^a   Guo, Xiurui ^b   Chang, Yongguan ^c   Peng, Yingdeng ^d  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c Chongqing Environmental Protection Bureau   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Incentive policy implication; Natural gas substitution for coal; Urban air quality improvement

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AIR QUALITY; COAL; NATURAL GAS; RAW MATERIALS;

NATURAL GAS SUBSTITUTION; POLICY MAKING;

ENERGY POLICY;

AIR QUALITY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENERGY POLICY; NATURAL GAS; POLLUTION CONTROL; SUBSTITUTION;

ASIA; BEIJING; CHINA; CHONGQING; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 4143071372     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2003.08.002     Document Type: Article

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