To what extent does air pollution affect happiness? The case of the Jinchuan mining area, China

Ecological Economics

Volumn 99, Issue , 2014, Pages 88-99

  Li, Zhengtao ^a   Folmer, Henk ^a,b   Xue, Jianhong ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Air pollution; China; Environmental knowledge; Happiness; Mining; Money measures of well being; Objective risk; Perceived risk; Structural equation model

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FAMILY STRUCTURE; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; MINING; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION CONTROL; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; RISK PERCEPTION;

CHINA; GANSU; JINCHUAN [GANSU];

EID: 84893491731     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2013.12.014     Document Type: Article

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