There are increasing pressures being put on firms, from a number of different sources, such
as governmental regulation, community participation and market demand, to engage firms in …

Estimating ground-level PM 2.5 from satellite-derived aerosol optical depth (AOD) using a
spatial statistical model is a promising new method to evaluate the spatial and temporal …

Data envelopment analysis (DEA) has recently become a popular method in measuring energy
efficiency at the macro-economy level. However, previous studies are limited in that they …

Soil heavy metal pollution has been becoming serious and widespread in China. To date,
there are few studies assessing the nationwide soil heavy metal pollution induced by …

Over the past four decades, rapid urbanisation in China has brought unprecedented health
benefits to its urban population, but has also created new challenges for protection of and …

Research of PM 2.5 chronic health effects requires knowledge of large-scale and long-term
exposure that is not supported by newly established monitoring networks due to their sparse …

Eco-efficiency is an instrument for sustainability analysis, indicating how efficient the
economic activity is with regard to nature's goods and services. This paper conducts an eco-…

Since the late 1970s, China’s transformation from a planned economy to one that is market-based
and open to foreign trade and investment has fuelled economic development. Rapid …

Background Three decades of rapid economic development is causing severe and widespread
PM 2.5 (particulate matter ≤ 2.5 μm) pollution in China. However, research on the health …

Controller placement is a key problem in software defined networks (SDNs). Previously, the
solution to this problem only focused on propagation latency but ignored the load of …