Government responses to environmental conflicts in urban China: the case of the Panyu waste incineration power plant in Guangzhou

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 134, Issue , 2016, Pages 354-361

  Li, Yanwei ^a   Homburg, Vincent ^a   de Jong, Martin ^b,c   Koppenjan, Joop ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Environmental conflict; Government response; Household waste; Urban governance in China; Waste incineration

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; INCINERATION;

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONFLICT; GOVERNMENT RESPONSE; HOUSEHOLD WASTE; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; METROPOLITAN AREA; PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION; URBAN GOVERNANCE;

WASTE INCINERATION;

EID: 84947316843     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2015.10.123     Document Type: Article

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