Sustainability assessment of solid waste management in China: A decoupling and decomposition analysis

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 9268-9281

  Chen, Xingpeng ^a   Pang, Jiaxing ^a   Zhang, Zilong ^a   Li, Hengji ^b  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

China; Decoupling analysis; Index decomposition analysis; Solid waste management; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC GROWTH; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; INNOVATION; MODEL VALIDATION; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; RECYCLING; SUSTAINABILITY; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

CHINA;

EID: 84920972894     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su6129268     Document Type: Article

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