China's environmental policy and urban development [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Joyce Yanyun Man

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910792010603321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cambridge, Mass., : Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, 2013
• ISBN: 1-55844-280-4
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (229 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): ManJoyce Y
• Disciplina: 307.760951
• Soggetti: Urbanization - China; Environmental policy - China
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Contents""; ""Illustrations""; ""Foreword""; ""Chapter 1: China's Environmental Policy A Critical Survey""; ""Chapter 2: Environmental Policies, Regulations, and Investment in China ""; ""Chapter 3: Government Decentralization, Energy Saving, and Environmental Protection ""; ""Chapter 4: Decentralization and the Environment""; ""Chapter 5: Income Growth, Urbanization, Changing Lifestyles, and CO2 Emissions in China ""; ""Chapter 6: Passenger Transportation Systems in Large Chinese Cities and Life-Cycle Green house Gas Emissions ""; ""Chapter 7: The Greenness of China's Cities""; ""Chapter 8: Urban Planning""""Chapter 9: Carbon Footprint in the Least Developed Regions""; ""Chapter 10: Environment-Related Taxes in China""; ""Chapter 11: The Incidence of Carbon Tax in China""; ""Chapter 12: The Effectiveness of Pollution- Control Policies in China""; ""Contributors""; ""Index""