Lack of integrated solutions hinders environmental recovery in China

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 54, Issue , 2013, Pages 233-235

  Chen, Li ^a   Cao, Shixiong ^a,b  

^a NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bureaucratic systems; Environmental conservation; Environmental management; Environmental policy; Policy dependencies

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTHS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES; ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CRISIS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; GOVERNMENTAL DEPARTMENTS; INTEGRATED SOLUTIONS; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; PRIVATE SECTORS;

CONSERVATION; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PUBLIC POLICY;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

BUREAUCRACY; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; INTEGRATED APPROACH; PRIVATE SECTOR; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT;

CHINA;

EID: 84874697615     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2013.01.015     Document Type: Article

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