A novel approach for assessing the performance of sustainable urbanization based on structural equation modeling: A China case study

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2016, Pages

  Jiao, Liudan ^a   Shen, Liyin ^a   Shuai, Chenyang ^a   He, Bei ^a  

^a CHONGQING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Assessment model; China; Structural equation modeling; Sustainable urbanization

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; MODEL VALIDATION; NUMERICAL METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN POLICY; URBANIZATION; WATER POLLUTION;

CHINA;

EID: 84990925777     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su8090910     Document Type: Article

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