Trends in clean air legislation in Europe: Particulate matter and low emission zones

Review of Environmental Economics and Policy

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 293-308

  Wolff, Hendrik ^a   Perry, Lisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; EMISSION CONTROL; EMISSION INVENTORY; ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; EUROPEAN UNION; LEGISLATIVE IMPLEMENTATION; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; POLLUTION POLICY; TRAFFIC EMISSION; TREND ANALYSIS; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

EUROPE;

EID: 77956534643     PISSN: 17506816     EISSN: 17506824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/reep/req008     Document Type: Article

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