How well have Chinas recent five-year plans been implemented for energy conservation and air pollution control?

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 17, 2014, Pages 10036-10044

  Mao, Xianqiang ^a   Zhou, Ji ^a   Corsetti, Gabriel ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; CARBON DIOXIDE; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; POLLUTION;

BUSINESS-AS-USUAL; ECONOMIC GROWTHS; ECONOMIC POLICIES; EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENT; ENERGY DEMANDS; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETER; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FIVE-YEAR PLANS;

ECONOMICS;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CHINA; ECONOMICS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; POLICY;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CHINA; CONSERVATION OF ENERGY RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; SOCIAL PLANNING;

EID: 84906872169     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es501729d     Document Type: Article

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