Geographic approaches to resolving environmental problems in search of the path to sustainability: The case of polluting plant relocation in China

Applied Geography

Volumn 45, Issue , 2013, Pages 138-146

  Liu, Lee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer villages; China; Development policy; Environmental justice; Environmental Kuznets curve; Environmental land use model; Environmental poverty; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GRASSROOTS LEVEL; KUZNETS CURVE; LAND USE; POVERTY; SUSTAINABILITY;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA; CHONGQING; DALIAN; GUANGDONG; GUANGZHOU; HANGZHOU; LIAONING; NINGBO; SHANGHAI; WUXI [CHONGQING]; ZHEJIANG;

EID: 84884572074     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2013.08.011     Document Type: Article

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