Exploring Chinas materialization process with economic transition: Analysis of raw material consumption and its socioeconomic drivers

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 5025-5032

  Wang, Heming ^a   Tian, Xin ^b,c   Tanikawa, Hiroki ^c   Chang, Miao ^b   Hashimoto, Seiji ^d   Moriguchi, Yuichi ^e   Lu, Zhongwu ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d RITSUMEIKAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

AVERAGE ANNUAL GROWTH RATES; ECONOMIC TRANSITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS; MANUFACTURING SECTOR; NONMETALLIC MINERALS; PRODUCTION PATTERNS; RAW MATERIAL CONSUMPTION; SUSTAINABLE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

ECONOMICS;

IRON;

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; DEMAND ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; GROWTH RATE; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; INDUSTRIALIZATION; MARKET TRANSITION; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBANIZATION;

ARTICLE; CHINA; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; INDUSTRIALIZATION; RAW MATERIAL CONSUMPTION; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBANIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; INDUSTRY; MATERIALS; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT;

CHINA;

CHINA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; INDUSTRY; MANUFACTURED MATERIALS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBANIZATION;

EID: 84899790657     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es405812w     Document Type: Article

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