Learning from previous failures: Scaling up biogas production in the Chinese countryside

Climate and Development

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 199-209

  Hallding, Karl ^a   Li, Ying ^a   Wang, Lan ^a   Chen, Yong ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b International Renewable Energy Agency   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

biogas; China; climate change; mitigation; rural development; SD PAM

Indexed keywords

BIOGAS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CROP RESIDUE; DEVELOPING WORLD; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; LEARNING; MITIGATION; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CHINA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84876064358     PISSN: 17565529     EISSN: 17565537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17565529.2012.707609     Document Type: Article

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