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Record Nr.

UNINA9911091466003321

Titolo

China's environmental policy and urban development / / edited by Joyce Yanyun Man

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, 2013

ISBN

1-55844-280-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

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""

Sommario/riassunto

This volume tackles a range of ecological issues caused by rapid urban growth in Chinaand examines the policies meant to protect the environment. It features discussionsfrom leading scholars on current regulations, government decentralization and environmentalprotection, urban development, industrial air pollution, household greenhousegas emissions, and transportation systems.