Titre | Atmospheric Pollution and Urban Development in China | |
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Auteur | Benjamin Guinot | |
Revue | China perspectives | |
Numéro | no 2008/4 The City, Laboratory of the New China | |
Rubrique / Thématique | Special Feature: The City, Laboratory of the New China |
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Page | 63-70 | |
Résumé anglais | Chinese cities face the challenge of battling air pollution during a time of rapid urbanisation and rising energy demand. Poor air quality is heightening anxiety over the environment. Given pollution's economic cost, a real policy of monitoring and control has emerged at the national level. Chinese researchers and industry have come up with technological responses to the enormous challenges. While some showcase cities have boosted their pollution-control measures, the situation in smaller ones remains largely catastrophic. | |
Article en ligne | http://chinaperspectives.revues.org/4741 |