An interdisciplinary, quantitative assessment of the health and economic costs of air pollution in China, and of market-based policies to build environmental protection into economic development. China's historic economic expansion is driven by fossil fuels, which increase its emissions of both local air pollutants and greenhouse gases dramatically. Clearing the Air is an innovative, quantitative examination of the national damage caused by China's degraded air quality, conducted in a pathbreaking, interdisciplinary U.S.-China collaboration. Its damage estimates are allocated by sector, making it possible for the first time to judge whether, for instance, power generation, transportation, or an unexpected source such as cement production causes the greatest environmental harm. Such objective analyses can reset policy priorities. Clearing the Air uses this information to show how appropriate green taxes might not only reduce emissions and health damages but even enhance China's economic growth. It also shows to what extent these same policies could limit greenhouse gases, suggesting that wealthier nations have a responsibility to help China build environmental protection into its growth. Clearing the Air is written for diverse readers, providing a bridge from underlying research to policy implications, with easily accessible overviews of issues and summaries of the findings for nonspecialists and policymakers followed by more specialized, interlinked studies of primary interest to scholars. Taken together, these analyses offer a uniquely integrated assessment that supports the book's economic and policy recommendations.
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Publisher
MIT Press Ltd
ISBN-13
9780262083584
eBay Product ID (ePID)
96775081
Product Key Features
Author
Chris P. Nielsen, Mun S. HO
Publication Name
Clearing the Air: the Health and Economic Damages of Air Pollution in China
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
Geology
Publication Year
2007
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
405 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
229mm
Item Width
178mm
Item Weight
885g
Additional Product Features
Series Title
The MIT Press
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
Editor
Chris P. Nielsen, Mun S. HO
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