Review of challenges and strategies for balanced urban-rural environmental protection in China

Frontiers of Environmental Science and Engineering

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 371-384

  Xi, Beidou ^a   Li, Xiaoguang ^a,b   Gao, Jixi ^c   Zhao, Ying ^a   Liu, Hongliang ^a   Xia, Xunfeng ^a   Yang, Tianxue ^a   Zhang, Lieyu ^a   Jia, Xuan ^a  

^a CHINESE RESEARCH ACADEMY OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c State Environmental Protection Administration   (China)

Author keywords

balanced urban rural environmental protection; framework of balanced urban rural environmental protection (BUREP); rural environment; urban environment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939889158     PISSN: 20952201     EISSN: 2095221X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11783-014-0744-z     Document Type: Review

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