The evaluation of environmental capacity: Evidence in Hunan province of China

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 60, Issue , 2016, Pages 514-523

  Zhang, Yue Jun ^a   Hao, Jun Fang ^a  

^a HUNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ecological comprehensive index; Environmental capacity; Information entropy theory

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY;

ASSIMILATIVE CAPACITY; COMPREHENSIVE INDICES; ECONOMIC CONSTRUCTIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL CAPACITY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENTS; INFORMATION ENTROPY; SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

DATA ASSIMILATION; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ENTROPY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; THEORETICAL STUDY;

CHINA; HUNAN;

EID: 84939474507     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2015.07.028     Document Type: Article

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