<title>ABSTRACT</title> As part of a comprehensive research into PPP implementation, nine case studies were scrutinized to explore the critical risks influencing the success of PPP water projects in China. Eleven critical risks were identified from real-life risk events through the content analysis. They were...

The oxidation tests of electrospark deposited Ni-based coatings without and with 2.5 wt.% La2O3 were conducted at 960°C in air for 100 h. The oxidation kinetic of the coatings was studied by testing the weight gain. The phase structures and morphologies of the oxidized coatings were...

This paper uses a 10 years monitoring data set of 100 counties to examine the process,implementation and impacts of China’s Conversion of Cropland to Forests Program (CCFP). Atheoretical framework was constructed to explain the development of CCFG. We find that CCFGwas originate from economic...