Exploring price effects on the residential water conservation technology diffusion process: a case study of Tianjin city

Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering - Tập 7 Số 5 - Trang 688-698 - 2013
Junying Chu1, Hao Wang1, Can Wang2
1State Key Laboratory of Simulation and Regulation of River Basin Water Cycle, China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research, Beijing, China
2State Key Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control (SKLESPC), School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

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