Improving air pollution control policy in China-A perspective based on cost-benefit analysis

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 543, Issue , 2016, Pages 307-314

  Gao, Jinglei ^a   Yuan, Zengwei ^a   Liu, Xuewei ^a   Xia, Xiaoming ^b   Huang, Xianjin ^a   Dong, Zhanfeng ^c  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Ministry of Natural Resources of the People's Republic of China   (China)

^c CHINESE ACADEMY FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING   (China)

Author keywords

Air Pollution Prevention and Control Action Plan; Cost benefit analysis; Environmental management; Environmental policy; Spatial disparity

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS; COST REDUCTION; COSTS; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; POLLUTION; POLLUTION CONTROL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

AIR POLLUTION PREVENTION; BENEFIT COST RATIOS; EMISSION REDUCTION POLICIES; EMISSION REDUCTION POTENTIALS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCTS; SPATIAL DISPARITY;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

ACTION PLAN; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; POLLUTION CONTROL; POLLUTION POLICY; SPATIAL PLANNING;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; CHINA; COMBUSTION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMAN; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CHINA;

EID: 84947125490     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.11.037     Document Type: Article

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