China's pilot low-carbon city initiative: A comparative assessment of national goals and local plans

Sustainable Cities and Society

Volumn 12, Issue , 2014, Pages 110-121

  Khanna, Nina ^a   Fridley, David ^a   Hong, Lixuan ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Energy consumption; Low carbon city

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899501336     PISSN: 22106707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scs.2014.03.005     Document Type: Article

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