Gauging the impact of global trade on China's local environmental burden

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 54, Issue , 2013, Pages 270-281

  Zhang, Chao ^a,c   Beck, M Bruce ^b   Chen, Jining ^c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Export embodied pollution emission; Input output analysis; Stochastic simulation

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL BURDENS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP; INPUT OUTPUT ANALYSIS; POLLUTION EMISSIONS; STOCHASTIC MODIFICATIONS; STOCHASTIC SIMULATIONS;

CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; LEAD; POLLUTION CONTROL; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; STOCHASTIC MODELS; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

INTERNATIONAL TRADE;

EID: 84879840390     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2013.04.022     Document Type: Article

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