Assessing China's legislation on compensation for marine ecological damage: A case study of the Bohai oil spill

Marine Policy

Volumn 50, Issue PA, 2014, Pages 18-26

  Liu, Dan ^a,b   Zhu, Ling ^c  

^a SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS   (China)

^b EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF POLITICAL SCIENCE AND LAW   (China)

^c HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Bohai oil spill; China; Compensation; Marine ecological damage

Indexed keywords

COMPENSATION SYSTEM; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; LEGISLATION; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; OIL SPILL; ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; COMPENSATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE POLICY; MARINE POLLUTION;

CHINA; BOHAI BAY; BOHAI SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN; YELLOW SEA;

EID: 84910593143     PISSN: 0308597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2014.05.009     Document Type: Article

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