Exploring the Association between Urban Form and Air Quality in China

Journal of Planning Education and Research

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2018, Pages 413-426

  Yuan, Man ^a   Song, Yan ^b,e   Huang, Yaping ^a   Hong, Shijian ^c   Huang, Liejia ^d  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^c XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d HUBEI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e SHENZHEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

air quality; China; empirical study; urban form

Indexed keywords

EID: 85055934109     PISSN: 0739456X     EISSN: 15526577     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0739456X17711516     Document Type: Article

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