Blue Skies over Beijing: Economic Growth and the Environment in China
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Blue Skies over Beijing: Economic Growth and the Environment in China
By (Author) Matthew E. Kahn
By (author) Siqi Zheng
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
25th July 2016
United States
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Economic growth
Environmental economics
The environment
338.951
Physical Properties
Hardback
288
Width 152mm, Height 235mm
539g
Description
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,
Reviews
Honorable Mention for the 2017 PROSE Award in Environmental Science, Association of American Publishers "Easily understandable regardless of a reader's familiarity with China or environmental policy, this excellent resource will interest readers of the environmental situation in China and its impact on the global community."--Library Journal "Blue Skies Over Beijing is ... a shot of good news when talking about China's environmental issues. Economic development, rather than hurting China's environmental performance, may in fact improve it."--Asian Review of Books
Author Bio
Matthew E. Kahn is professor of economics and spatial statistics at the University of Southern California. His books include Climatopolis (Basic), Green Cities (Brookings), and Heroes and Cowards (Princeton). Siqi Zheng is a professor and the director of the Hang Lung Center for Real Estate at Tsinghua University in China, and the deputy head of the university's Department of Construction Management.
