Blue skies over Beijing : economic growth and the environment in China / Matthew E. Kahn and Siqi Zh...
Blue skies over Beijing : economic growth and the environment in China / Matthew E. Kahn and Siqi Zh...
Blue skies over Beijing : economic growth and the environment in China / Matthew E. Kahn and Siqi Zheng.
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Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2016]
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G 2016/2955
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Language
English
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Physical content
271 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
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volume
Contents
Introduction -- Made in China -- The migration to cities -- The causes and consequences of Chinese suburbanization -- Private vehicle demand in urban China -- The rising demand for blue skies and urban risk reduction -- Recent empirical evidence on the demand for lower pollution levels -- The centra...
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Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2016]
Place of Publication
New Jersey
Date Published
[2016]
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"Over the last thirty years, even as China's economy has grown by leaps and bounds, the environmental quality of its urban centers has precipitously declined due to heavy industrial output and coal consumption. The country is currently the world's largest greenhouse-gas emitter and several of the most polluted cities in the world are in China. Yet,...
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Blue skies over Beijing : economic growth and the environment in China / Matthew E. Kahn and Siqi Zheng.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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©2016
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G 2016/2955
Record Identifier
74VKVq30eMrO
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVq30eMrO
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ISBN
0691169365 (hardback)
9780691169361 (hardback)
DDC
363.730951091732
MMS ID
991024007600502626
