Achieving target of Stockholm Convention on PCBs elimination: Asia-Pacific case

International Conference on Management Science and Engineering - Annual Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 2147-2154

  Li, Jin Hui ^a   Zhao, Na Na ^a   Xue, Liu ^a   Wu, Xiao Yang ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Asia Pacific region; environmentally sound management (ESM); national implementation plan (NIP); PCBs

Indexed keywords

ASIA PACIFIC REGION; ASIA-PACIFIC COUNTRIES; ENVIRONMENTALLY SOUND MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION EXCHANGES; NATIONAL IMPLEMENTATION PLAN; PCBS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL (PCBS); POTENTIAL IMPACTS;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT SCIENCE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

EID: 84884344531     PISSN: 21551847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICMSE.2013.6586561     Document Type: Conference Paper

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