Environmental damage costs from airborne pollution in the major cities in China

International Journal of Environment and Sustainable Development

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 190-207

  Wei, Jiuchang ^a,b   Zhao, Dingtao ^a   Jia, Ruiyue ^a   Marinova, Dora ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Airborne pollution; China; Environment external costs; Impact pathway approach; IPA; The major cities in China

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS; AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; AIR POLLUTION; COST ESTIMATING; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; EXTERNAL COSTS; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCTS; MAJOR CITIES; PATHWAY APPROACH; POLLUTANTS EMISSIONS;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

EID: 63149172797     PISSN: 14746778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJESD.2009.023994     Document Type: Article

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