From rural transformation to global integration: Comparative analyses of the environmental dimensions of Chinas rise

Eurasian Geography and Economics

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 259-279

  Muldavin, Joshua ^a  

^a SARAH LAWRENCE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Ecological Modernization; economic transition; economics; environment; globalization; political ecology

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; GLOBALIZATION; MARKET TRANSITION; MODERNIZATION; PLANNING THEORY; POLICY APPROACH; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; THEORETICAL STUDY;

CHINA;

EID: 84887618808     PISSN: 15387216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15387216.2013.849522     Document Type: Article

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