Is China really ready for shale gas revolution-Re-evaluating shale gas challenges

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 39, Issue , 2014, Pages 49-55

  Wang, Changjian ^a,b   Wang, Fei ^a,b   Du, Hongru ^a   Zhang, Xiaolei ^a  

^a XINJIANG INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Challenges; China; Shale gas revolution; Water resources

Indexed keywords

NATURAL GAS;

ARTICLE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CHINA; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FINANCIAL DEFICIT; GOVERNMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENEWABLE ENERGY; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84896322868     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: 18736416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2014.02.007     Document Type: Article

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