Blue Skies over Beijing : Economic Growth and the Environment in China /

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"Over the last thirty years, even as China's economy has grown by leaps and bounds, the environmental quality of its urban centers has precipitously declined due to heavy industrial output and coal consumption. The country is currently the world's largest greenhouse-gas emitter and se...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Kahn, Matthew E., 1966- (Autor), Zheng, Siqi (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2016]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Umweltpolitik
Umweltverschmutzung
Sustainable development.
Pollution.
Environmental policy > Economic aspects.
Economic development > Environmental aspects.
Ecology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Infrastructure.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economics > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Development > Sustainable Development.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Environmental Economics.
Environnement > Politique gouvernementale > Aspect economique > Chine.
Developpement durable > Chine.
Pollution > Chine.
Developpement economique > Aspect de l'environnement > Chine.
Environmental policy > Economic aspects > China.
Sustainable development > China.
Pollution > China.
Economic development > Environmental aspects > China.
China.
China > Environmental conditions.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Chapter One: Introduction
  • Part I.A Geographic Overview of Urban Pollution Production in China
  • Chapter Two: Made in China
  • Chapter Three: The Migration to Cities
  • Chapter Four: The Causes and Consequences of Chinese Suburbanization
  • Chapter Five: Private Vehicle Demand in Urban China
  • Part II. The Rising Demand for Green Cities
  • Chapter Six: The Rising Demand for Blue Skies and Urban Risk Reduction
  • Chapter Seven: Recent Empirical Evidence on the Demand for Lower Pollution Levels
  • Part III. Promoting Environmental Accountability in a One- Party State
  • Chapter Eight: The Central Government's Increased Desire to Promote Environmental Sustainability
  • Chapter Nine: Will Local Governments Create Green Cities?
  • Chapter Ten: Conclusion
  • Appendix 1
  • Appendix 2
  • Notes
  • Index.

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