Environmental Policy and Sustainable Development in China: Hong Kong in Global Context

ISBN-13: 9781447305088 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 304 str.

Paul G. Harris

Opis

With China s economy and infrastructural development exploding, the world urgently needs avenues for a sustainable approach to its growth. Here Paul G. Harris explores these avenues, using Hong Kong as a case study to introduce the major concepts in sustainable development for China. Sketching out the historical and political contexts for China s environmental policymaking, he analyzes key challenges related to the country s development, including air pollution, water quality, waste, transport, and climate change. Geared toward undergraduates and the young people who will be instrumental in managing China s growth, it provides a fundamental outlook on how China can achieve its goals in environmentally friendly ways."

Spis treści

Introduction; Part One: Conceptions of sustainable development: Conceptualising sustainable development; Origins and critiques of sustainable development; Implementing sustainable development; Part Two: Contexts for sustainable development in China's world city: Geography and population; History and development; Government institutions and policy priorities; Consumption and a city's environmental footprint; Part Three: Challenges of sustainable development: Air; Water; Energy and climate change; Transportation; Environmental spaces; Conclusion.