Unprecedented urbanisation in Asia and its impacts on the environment

Australian Economic Review

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 378-385

  Wan, Guanghu ^a,b   Wang, Chen ^c  

^a ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK   (Philippines)

^b YUNNAN UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; POLICY MAKING; URBAN POLICY; URBANIZATION;

ASIA;

EID: 84907356111     PISSN: 00049018     EISSN: 14678462     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8462.12076     Document Type: Article

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