Rapid growth of industrial nitrogen fluxes in China: Driving forces and consequences

Science China Earth Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 662-670

  Gu, BaoJing ^a,b   Yang, GuoFu ^b   Luo, WeiDong ^a   Du, YuanYuan ^b   Ge, Ying ^a,b   Chang, Jie ^a,b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

food nitrogen; garbage siege; legacy effect; point source pollution; structural nitrogen

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; FORESTRY; POLLUTION;

DYNAMICS SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES; GARBAGE SIEGE; INDUSTRIAL NITROGEN; LEGACY EFFECT; POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; REGIONAL SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DECISION MAKING; EMISSION INVENTORY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; NITROGEN CYCLE; NITROGEN FIXATION; POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CHINA;

EID: 84876024168     PISSN: 16747313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-012-4556-3     Document Type: Article

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