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Quality of Life in Urban China

Economic Growth and the Environment

  • Book
  • Jul 2024

Overview

Authors:
  1. Matthew E. Kahn

    1. School of Law, UCLA, Los Angeles, USA

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  2. Siqi Zheng

    1. Hang Lung Center for Real Estate, Department of Construction Management, Beijing, China

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  • The first English-language book on China’s urban growth and the environment from an environmental economics perspective
  • Provides the most comprehensive analysis to date on the complexities and challenges of China’s urban environment and the growing demand for green cities
  • Offers a hopeful message on the future of China’s environment and also explains why there are grounds for optimism
  • Easily accessible to both non-specialists and specialists in multiple disciplines, helping them to understand the dynamics of urban quality of life in China
  • A valuable reference work for regulators, researchers and students in the field of China’s urbanization and the environment

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Keywords

  • Economic Growth
  • Environmental Accountability
  • Green Cities
  • Quality of Life
  • Urban Pollution Production

About this book

This book offers an in-depth look at the current quality of life in Chinese cities, and how the drastic environmental problems caused by economic growth affect urban residents’ lives, all from the perspective of urban and environmental economics. It makes an optimistic argument that market forces, technologies and public policies will help Chinese cities to eventually meet the growing demand for greenness, and thus offers a hopeful message on the future of China’s environment.

Authors and Affiliations

  • School of Law, UCLA, Los Angeles, USA

    Matthew E. Kahn

  • Hang Lung Center for Real Estate, Department of Construction Management, Beijing, China

    Siqi Zheng

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Quality of Life in Urban China

  • Book Subtitle: Economic Growth and the Environment

  • Authors: Matthew E. Kahn, Siqi Zheng

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature 2024

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-662-47339-9Due: 05 August 2024

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-662-47340-5Due: 05 August 2024

  • Edition Number: 1

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