The first official city ranking by air quality in China - A review and analysis

Cities

Volumn 51, Issue , 2016, Pages 139-149

  Sheng, Ni ^a   Tang, U Wa ^b  

^a MACAU UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Macao)

^b Macao Institute of Urban Development and Environmental Management   (China)

Author keywords

74 key cities; Air quality; China; City ranking; Three key regions

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; FOG; HAZE; MONITORING; PARTICULATE MATTER; RANKING;

CHINA;

EID: 84958849253     PISSN: 02642751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2015.08.012     Document Type: Article

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