An environmental sustainability assessment of China's cement industry based on emergy

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 72, Issue , 2017, Pages 452-458

  Zhang, Xiaohong ^a   Shen, Jianming ^a   Wang, Yanqing ^a   Qi, Yan ^a   Liao, Wenjie ^b   Shui, Wei ^c   Li, Li ^b   Qi, Hui ^a   Yu, Xiaoyu ^a  

^a SICHUAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c FUZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China's cement industry; Comprehensive performance; Emergy analysis; Environmental load; Resource efficiency

Indexed keywords

CEMENTS; COAL DEPOSITS; COAL INDUSTRY; COMPETITION; MINERAL INDUSTRY; MINERAL RESOURCES; PUBLIC POLICY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

COMPETITION ABILITY; COMPREHENSIVE PERFORMANCE; EMERGY ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL LOADS; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; RESOURCE EFFICIENCIES; SUSTAINABLE INDICES; TECHNICAL INNOVATION;

CEMENT INDUSTRY;

BASELINE SURVEY; CEMENT; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; EMERGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EXPORT; INNOVATION; RESOURCE ASSESSMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; TRADE-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONS;

CHINA;

EID: 84984821878     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2016.08.046     Document Type: Article

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