An overview of the environmental finance policies in China: Retrofitting an integrated mechanism for environmental management

Frontiers of Environmental Science and Engineering

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 316-328

  Li, Wei ^a   Hu, Mengze ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

environmental finance policy; environmental management; financial institution; implementation progress; integrated mechanism; phased evolution

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899921405     PISSN: 20952201     EISSN: 2095221X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11783-014-0625-5     Document Type: Review

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