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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Clearing the air. Cambridge, Mass. : MIT, c2007 (OCoLC)646951746 |
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| Material Type: | Document |
| Document Type: | Book, Computer File |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Mun S Ho; Chris P Nielsen |
| ISBN: | 0262083582 9780262083584 |
| OCLC Number: | 71146508 |
| Description: | xviii, 387 p. : ill., maps (some col.) ; 24 cm + CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.) |
| Contents: | Air pollution and health damages in China : an introduction and review ; Summary for policy ; Summary for research / Chris P. Nielsen and Mun S. Ho -- Estimating health effects of air pollution in China : an introduction to intake fraction and the epidemiology / Jonathan I. Levy and Susan L. Greco -- Local population exposure to pollutants from major industrial sectors and transportation / Shuxiao Wang, Jiming Hao, Yongqi Lu, and Ji Li -- Local population exposure to pollutants from the electric power sector / Bingjiang Liu and Jiming Hao -- Population exposure to power plant emissions using CALPUFF / Ying Zhou ... [et al.] -- The economic value of air-pollution-related health risks in China : a contingent valuation study / Ying Zhou and James K. Hammitt -- Sector allocation of emissions and damage / Mun S. Ho and Dale W. Jorgenson -- Policies to control air pollution damages / Mun S. Ho and Dale W. Jorgenson. |
| Responsibility: | edited by Mun S. Ho and Chris P. Nielsen. |
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"[I]mpressively integrated...[A]ccessible...The multidisciplinary framework...allows for a total picture to emerge...At a time when Beijing should be considering not only its local pollution problem, but also its global greenhouse gas emissions, Messrs. Ho and Nielsen's suggestions are a welcome addition to the debate..." Sam Geall Far Eastern Economic Review "In contrast to the World Bank report Cost of Pollution in China: economic estimates and physical damages (2007), which caught the attention of the mainstream mass media..., this edited volume by Mun Ho and Chris Nielsen stands as a solemn, solid, and scholarly defence of the same alarming message -- air pollution causes significant damage to the Chinese population and economy...Reader-friendly...This book is a methodological breakthrough in the research on the environment-health nexus in China." Fengshi Wu Asian-Pacific Economic Literature "[Should] appeal to a broad readership...The first three chapters...provide an easily understandable synopsis...perfect for readers...or for faculty teaching a broad survey course on China...This volume is to be commended as a very accessible presentation of an ambitious and thorough research undertaking." Robert W. Mead The China Quarterly "[T]he most comprehensive report on economic costs and human health impacts of air pollution ever undertaken in China." Haidong Kan China Review International "The encouraging -- indeed politically crucial -- observation is that such 'green taxes' would yield a double dividend: reducing environmental and health damage while enhancing economic growth. That last win-win finding should be an offer that a government cannot refuse." Anthony J. McMichael The Lancet Read more...
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