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

• Pubblicazione: Cambridge, MA, : MIT, c2007
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (405 p.)
• Disciplina: 363.739/20951
• Soggetto topico: Air - Pollution - Economic aspects - China; Air - Pollution - Government policy - China; Air - Pollution - Health aspects - China
• Altri autori: HoMun S NielsenChris P. <1960->
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Clearing the air
• ISBN: 1-282-09855-1; 9786612098550; 0-262-27548-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910810200203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II