Spatial heterogeneity of economic development and industrial pollution in urban China

Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 767-781

  He, Canfei ^a   Huang, Zhiji ^a   Ye, Xinyue ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Density; Distance; Division; Industrial pollution; Urban China

Indexed keywords

DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); ECONOMICS; INDUSTRY; POLLUTION; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

DISTANCE; DIVISION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPLICATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL KUZNETS CURVES; INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION; POLLUTION HAVEN HYPOTHESIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; URBAN CHINAS;

INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS;

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; KUZNETS CURVE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SULFUR DIOXIDE; SULFUR EMISSION; URBAN AREA; URBAN POLLUTION;

CHINA;

EID: 84898549415     PISSN: 14363240     EISSN: 14363259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00477-013-0736-8     Document Type: Article

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