Transition to a low-carbon city: Lessons learned from Suzhou in China

Frontiers of Environmental Science and Engineering in China

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 373-386

  Liu, Wenling ^a,b   Wang, Can ^a   Xie, Xi ^c   Mol, Arthur P J ^b   Chen, Jining ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c The Administrative Centre for China's Agenda 21   (China)

Author keywords

economic restructuring; low carbon city; technology upgrading

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870389509     PISSN: 16737415     EISSN: 16737520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11783-011-0338-y     Document Type: Article

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