China's "Green GDP" experiment and the struggle for ecological modernisation

Journal of Contemporary Asia

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 44-62

  Li, Vic ^a   Lang, Graeme ^b  

^a BALSILLIE SCHOOL OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS   (Canada)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

China; Ecological modernisation; Environment; Environmental accounting; Green GDP

Indexed keywords

EID: 72049095374     PISSN: 00472336     EISSN: 17527554     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00472330903270346     Document Type: Article

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