Taiwan's environmental struggle: Toward a green silicon island

Taiwan's Environmental Struggle: Toward a Green Silicon Island

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 1-214

  Williams, Jack F ^a   Chang, Ch'ang yi David ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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EID: 84918856225     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203928929     Document Type: Book

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