| Description |
1 online resource |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Political will -- Environmental governance -- Mobilizing the government -- Policy making -- Policy implementation -- Environmental technology and industry -- Goal-centered governance. |
| Summary |
"This book systematically analyses how and why China has expectedly lost and then surprisingly gained ground in the quest to solve the complicated environmental problem of air pollution over the past two decades. Yuan Xu shines a light on how China's sulfur dioxide emissions rose quickly in tandem with rapid economic growth, but then dropped to a level not seen for at least four decades. Despite this favorable mitigation outcome, Xu details how this stemmed from a litany of policy stumbles within the Chinese context of no democracy and a lack of sound rule of law. Throughout this book, the author examines China's environmental governance and strategy and how they shape environmental policy. The chapters weave together a goal-centered governance model that China has adopted of centralized goal setting, decentralized goal attainment, decentralized policy making and implementation. Xu concludes that this model provides compelling evidence that China's worst environmental years reside in the past. This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of Chinese environmental policy and governance, air pollution, climate change and sustainable development, as well as practitioners and policymakers working in these fields"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Note |
Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed. |
| Biography |
Yuan Xu is Associate Professor in the Department of Geography and Resource Management, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. |
| Subject |
Environmental policy -- China.
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Air -- Pollution -- Government policy -- China.
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China -- Environmental conditions.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Sustainable Development.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Environmental Economics.
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NATURE / Ecology.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Xu, Yuan, 1979- Environmental policy and air pollution in China Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2021. 9781138322325 (DLC) 2020033751 |
| ISBN |
9780429452154 (ebook) |
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9780429838835 (electronic book : Mobipocket) |
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0429838832 (electronic book : Mobipocket) |
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9780429838859 (electronic book : PDF) |
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0429838859 (electronic book : PDF) |
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9780429838842 (electronic book : EPUB) |
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9781138322325 (hardback) |
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0429838840 (electronic book : EPUB) |
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0429452152 |
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