Renewable energy leapfrogging in China's urban development? Current status and outlook

Sustainable Cities and Society

Volumn 11, Issue , 2014, Pages 31-39

  Schroeder, Patrick M ^a,b,c   Chapman, Ralph B ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b China Forestry Industry Association   (China)

^c SWITCH Asia Network Facility   (Germany)

Author keywords

Environmental leapfrogging; Low carbon urban development; Renewable energy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84895901288     PISSN: 22106707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scs.2013.11.007     Document Type: Article

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