Will joint regional air pollution control be more cost-effective? Anempirical study of China's Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 149, Issue , 2015, Pages 27-36

  Wu, Dan ^a   Xu, Yuan ^b   Zhang, Shiqiu ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness; Jing Jin Ji region; Joint regional air pollution control; Regional air pollution

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EMISSION CONTROL; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; POLLUTION CONTROL;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROL STRATEGY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EMPIRICISM; REDUCTION KINETICS; AIR POLLUTION; ANALYSIS; CITY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOGRAPHY; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA; HEBEI; TIANJIN;

PARTICULATE MATTER;

AIR POLLUTION; CHINA; CITIES; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHY; PARTICULATE MATTER;

EID: 84908388644     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2014.09.032     Document Type: Article

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