Cleaner production as climate investment - Integrated assessment in Taiyuan City, China

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 57-70

  Mestl, Heidi E Staff ^a   Aunan, Kristin ^b   Fang, Jinghua ^c   Seip, Hans Martin ^b,d   Skjelvik, John Magne ^e   Vennemo, Haakon ^e  

^a OSLO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

^b CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH OSLO CICERO   (Norway)

^c TAIYUAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^e ECON Centre for Economic Analysis   (Norway)

Author keywords

CDM; China; Climate; Co benefit; Environment; Integrated assessment

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COSTS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT;

CDM; CHINA; CLIMATE; CO-BENEFIT; ENVIRONMENT; INTEGRATED ASSESSMENT;

AIR POLLUTION;

EID: 4243098380     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2003.08.005     Document Type: Article

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