Environmental Impacts of China’s Urbanization from 2000 to 2010 and Management Implications

Environmental Management

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 498-507

  Tao, Yu ^a   Li, Feng ^a   Crittenden, John C ^b   Lu, Zhongming ^b   Sun, Xiao ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative study; Environmental impacts; Megacities; Sustainable cities; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ECONOMICS; INVESTMENTS; LAND USE; POLLUTION; POLLUTION CONTROL;

COMPARATIVE STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; MANAGEMENT IMPLICATIONS; MEGACITIES; NEW EVALUATION METHODS; POLLUTANT DISCHARGES; SUSTAINABLE CITIES; URBANIZATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LAND USE CHANGE; MEGACITY; POLLUTION CONTROL; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY; URBANIZATION;

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CITY; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GEOGRAPHY; INVESTMENT; LAND USE; POLLUTION CONTROL; URBANIZATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; INDUSTRY; POLLUTION;

CHINA;

CHINA; CITIES; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; INDUSTRY; URBANIZATION;

EID: 84954364723     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-015-0614-x     Document Type: Article

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