Low carbon urban transitioning in Shenzhen: A multi-level environmental governance perspective

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2016, Pages

  Wu, Zhanglan ^a   Tang, Jie ^a   Wang, Dong ^a  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Energy policy; Environmental governance; Urban sustainability

Indexed keywords

CARBON EMISSION; CLIMATE CHANGE; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN DEVELOPMENT;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; SHENZHEN;

EID: 84983746113     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su8080720     Document Type: Article

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