Impacts and mitigation of climate change on Chinese cities

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 188-192

  Liu, Jiyuan ^a   Deng, Xiangzheng ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; GLOBAL CLIMATE; GREENHOUSE GAS; PUBLIC ACCESS; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBANIZATION;

CHINA;

EID: 79955574255     PISSN: 18773435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2010.12.010     Document Type: Review

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