Why small and medium chemical companies continue to pose severe environmental risks in rural China

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 185, Issue , 2014, Pages 158-167

  He, Guizhen ^a   Zhang, Lei ^b   Mol, Arthur P J ^c   Wang, Tieyu ^a   Lu, Yonglong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b RENMIN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chemical industry; Environmental risk management; Rural China; Small and medium sized enterprises

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; RISK MANAGEMENT;

CHEMICAL COMPANIES; ENVIRONMENTAL BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK MANAGEMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS; RURAL CHINAS; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CIVIL SOCIETY; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL PLANNING; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE; STAKEHOLDER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; POLLUTION; RURAL AREA;

CHINA; HEBEI;

JASMINUM;

CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK MANAGEMENT; RURAL CHINA; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES;

CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CHINA; COMMERCE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 84888630011     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2013.10.041     Document Type: Article

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