Barriers to Promoting Eco-Industrial Parks Development in China: Perspectives from Senior Officials at National Industrial Parks

Journal of Industrial Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 457-467

  Zhu, Qinghua ^a   Geng, Yong ^b   Sarkis, Joseph ^c   Lai, Kee Hung ^d  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECOLOGY   (China)

^c WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Eco industrial park (EIP); Ecological modernization; Factor analysis; Industrial ecology; Resource dependence theory (RDT); Technological development

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ECOLOGY; ECONOMICS; MANAGERS; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ECO-INDUSTRIAL PARK (EIP); ECOLOGICAL MODERNIZATIONS; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; RESOURCE DEPENDENCES; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

FACTOR ANALYSIS;

ECONOMIC GROWTH; FACTOR ANALYSIS; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; INDUSTRIALIZATION; MODERNIZATION; POLICY MAKING; STAKEHOLDER; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

CHINA;

EID: 85016147160     PISSN: 10881980     EISSN: 15309290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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