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This volume tackles a range of ecological issues caused by rapid urban growth in China and examines the policies meant to protect the environment. It features discussions from leading scholars on current regulations, government decentralization and environmental protection, urban development, industrial air pollution, household greenhouse gas emissions, and transportation systems.

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The chapters in this book trace the recent evolution of environmental regulations in China, including the increasing responsibility of local governments for the enforcement of such regulation. The volume documents the improvement in air quality in many Chinese cities despite the population growth and the huge increase in commuting and automobile use. In addition, the chapters analyze the extent to which improvements are due to better regulatory systems with improved enforcement, greener production processes, and deindustrialization of the largest cities as they become more service oriented. This book will be of great use to both scholars and practitioners. -- Vernon Henderson, School Professor of Economic Geography, The London School of Economics and Political Science It is well known that rapid urbanization and industrialization in China have had serious consequences for China's environment. Far less recognized are the wide ranging efforts undertaken in China to try to control and reverse the effects of this environmental damage. The chapters in this volume do an excellent job of filling that gap. -- Dwight H. Perkins, Harold Hitchings Burbank Professor of Political Economy Emeritus, Harvard University

The chapters in this book trace the recent evolution of environmental regulations in China, including the increasing responsibility of local governments for the enforcement of such regulation. The volume documents the improvement in air quality in many Chinese cities despite the population growth and the huge increase in commuting and automobile use. In addition, the chapters analyze the extent to which improvements are due to better regulatory systems with improved enforcement, greener production processes, and deindustrialization of the largest cities as they become more service oriented. This book will be of great use to both scholars and practitioners. -- Vernon Henderson, Professor of Economics and Urban Studies, Brown University It is well known that rapid urbanization and industrialization in China have had serious consequences for China's environment. Far less recognized are the wide ranging efforts undertaken in China to try to control and reverse the effects of this environmental damage. The chapters in this volume do an excellent job of filling that gap. -- Dwight H. Perkins, Professor Emeritus of Economics, Harvard University

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Joyce Yanyun Man was founding director of the Peking University–Lincoln Institute Center for Urban Development and Land Policy in Beijing from 2007 to 2013.

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