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Record Nr.

UNINA9910810200203321

Titolo

Clearing the air : the health and economic damages of air pollution in China / / edited by Mun S. Ho and Chris P. Nielsen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, MA, : MIT, c2007

ISBN

1-282-09855-1

9786612098550

0-262-27548-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (405 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

HoMun S

NielsenChris P. <1960->

Disciplina

363.739/20951

Soggetti

Air - Pollution - Economic aspects - China

Air - Pollution - Government policy - China

Air - Pollution - Health aspects - 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; Preface; Editors' Acknowledgments; Abbreviations and Acronyms; I  Introduction, Review, and Summary; 1  Air Pollution and Health Damages in China: An Introduction and Review; 2  Summary for Policy; II  Studies of the Assessment; 3  Summary for Research; 4  Estimating Health Effects of Air Pollution in China: An Introduction to Intake Fraction and the Epidemiology; 5  Local Population Exposure to Pollutants from Major Industrial Sectors and Transportation; 6  Local Population Exposure to Pollutants from the Electric Power Sector

7  Population Exposure to Power Plant Emissions Using CALPUFF8  The Economic Value of Air-Pollution-Related Health Risks in China: A Contingent Valuation Study; 9  Sector Allocation of Emissions and Damage; 10  Policies to Control Air Pollution Damages; Contributors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Accompanying CD-ROM contains appendices.--cf. label.