Land-development offset policies in the quest for sustainability: What can China learn from Germany?

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 3400-3430

  Tan, Rong ^a   Wang, Rongyu ^a   Sedlin, Thomas ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

China; Germany; Institutional comparison; Land development offset

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; LAND MANAGEMENT; LAND USE PLANNING; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; SUSTAINABILITY;

CHINA;

EID: 84904354188     PISSN: 20711050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su6063400     Document Type: Article

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