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The Economics of Air Pollution in China : Achieving Better and Cleaner Growth / Jun Ma.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [2017]Copyright date: ©2016Description: 1 online resource (312 p.) : 54 charts and graphs, 33 tablesContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780231174947
  • 9780231541893
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 363.739/20951 23
LOC classification:
  • HC430.A4
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part One. Getting to 30 μg/m3 -- Introduction to Part One -- Chapter One. PM2.5 Data, Reduction Model, and Policy Package -- Chapter Two. Environmental Actions: Necessary but Insufficient -- Chapter Three. Structural Adjustment: The What and the How -- Chapter Four. Enabling Change: Incentives Needed -- Chapter Five. The Cleanup and Economic Growth -- Part Two. Case Studies and Green Finance -- Chapter Six. Case Study: Shanghai -- Chapter Seven. Case Study: Beijing -- Chapter Eight. How to Deal with Coal -- Chapter Nine. Making Green Finance Work in China -- Notes -- Index
Summary: Suffocating smog regularly envelops Chinese metropolises from Beijing to Shanghai, clouding the future prospect of China's growth sustainability. Air pollutants do not discriminate between the rich and the poor, the politician and the "average Joe." They put everyone's health and economic prosperity at risk, creating future costs that are difficult to calculate. Yet many people, including some in China, are concerned that addressing environmental challenges will jeopardize economic growth. In The Economics of Air Pollution in China, leading Chinese economist Ma Jun makes the case that the trade-off between growth and environment is not inevitable. In his ambitious proposal to tackle severe air pollution and drastically reduce the level of so-called PM 2.5 particles-microscopic pollutants that lodge deeply in lungs-Ma Jun argues that in targeting pollution, China has a real opportunity to undertake significant structural economic reforms that would support long-term growth. Rooted in rigorous analyses and evidence-based projections, Ma Jun's "big bang" proposal aims to mitigate pollution and facilitate a transition to a greener and more sustainable growth model.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part One. Getting to 30 μg/m3 -- Introduction to Part One -- Chapter One. PM2.5 Data, Reduction Model, and Policy Package -- Chapter Two. Environmental Actions: Necessary but Insufficient -- Chapter Three. Structural Adjustment: The What and the How -- Chapter Four. Enabling Change: Incentives Needed -- Chapter Five. The Cleanup and Economic Growth -- Part Two. Case Studies and Green Finance -- Chapter Six. Case Study: Shanghai -- Chapter Seven. Case Study: Beijing -- Chapter Eight. How to Deal with Coal -- Chapter Nine. Making Green Finance Work in China -- Notes -- Index

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Suffocating smog regularly envelops Chinese metropolises from Beijing to Shanghai, clouding the future prospect of China's growth sustainability. Air pollutants do not discriminate between the rich and the poor, the politician and the "average Joe." They put everyone's health and economic prosperity at risk, creating future costs that are difficult to calculate. Yet many people, including some in China, are concerned that addressing environmental challenges will jeopardize economic growth. In The Economics of Air Pollution in China, leading Chinese economist Ma Jun makes the case that the trade-off between growth and environment is not inevitable. In his ambitious proposal to tackle severe air pollution and drastically reduce the level of so-called PM 2.5 particles-microscopic pollutants that lodge deeply in lungs-Ma Jun argues that in targeting pollution, China has a real opportunity to undertake significant structural economic reforms that would support long-term growth. Rooted in rigorous analyses and evidence-based projections, Ma Jun's "big bang" proposal aims to mitigate pollution and facilitate a transition to a greener and more sustainable growth model.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mrz 2022)