Clearer skies over China, Nielsen and Mun S. Ho: Climate, and economic goals reconciling air quality, climate, and economic goals
China's carbon dioxide emissions now outstrip those of other countries and its domestic air quality is severely degraded, especially in urban areas. Its sheer size and its growing, fossil-fuel-powered economy mean that China's economic and environmental policy choices will have an outsized...
Format: | eBook |
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Language: | English |
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Cambridge, Massachusetts
The MIT Press
2013
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Collection: | MIT Press eBook Archive - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Summary: | China's carbon dioxide emissions now outstrip those of other countries and its domestic air quality is severely degraded, especially in urban areas. Its sheer size and its growing, fossil-fuel-powered economy mean that China's economic and environmental policy choices will have an outsized effect on the global environmental future. This book offers an integrated analysis of China's economy, emissions, air quality, public health, and agriculture |
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ISBN: | 9780262315418 0262315416 |