China's Air Pollution Problems

Name: China's Air Pollution Problems
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

China's Air Pollution ProblemsAuthor(s): Claudio O. Delang\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138669956, 978-1138669956\nSynopsis\nChinas rapid industrialisation has led to \""an air pollution catastrophe\"". Concerted efforts to achieve economic growth have led to veiled skies of toxic air and created health and morbidity problems as well as tremendous environmental degradation.\n\nChinas Air Pollution Problems provides an overview of air pollution in China describing how and why China has ended up in such a dire situation, what the government is doing to address the problem and the difficulties it is encountering in attempting to reduce the pollution. The analysis is based on both grey literature (newspaper articles, NGO reports, Chinese government information) and on academic studies. The grey literature gives a voice to those who suffer from the pollution, their advocates, and government officers, and allows the .