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Clearer Skies Over China : Reconciling Air Quality, Climate, and Economic Goals /

China's carbon dioxide emissions outstrip those of other countries and its domestic air quality is severely degraded, especially in urban areas. Its sheer size and its growing, fossil-fuel-powered economy mean that China's economic and environmental policy choices will have an outsized eff...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Ho, Mun S. (Editor ), Nielsen, Chris P., 1960- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2013]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:China's carbon dioxide emissions outstrip those of other countries and its domestic air quality is severely degraded, especially in urban areas. Its sheer size and its growing, fossil-fuel-powered economy mean that China's economic and environmental policy choices will have an outsized effect on the global environmental future. This book offers an integrated analysis of China's economy, emissions, air quality, public health, and agriculture.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (444 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9780262315418