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Urbanization, Energy, and Air Pollution in China:

The Challenges Ahead -- Proceedings of a Symposium

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Size: 308 pages, 6 x 9

Publication Year:2004


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Chinese Academy of Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, National Research Council
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In October 2003, a group of experts met in Beijing under the auspices of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Engineering, and National Academy of Engineering (NAE)/National Research Council (NRC) of the National Academies to continue a dialogue ...
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Front Matter i-xii  
Introduction--JACK J. FRITZ 1-8 (skim)
Emerging Air Pollution Trends in China Motor Vehicle Pollution and Fuel Consumption in China--MICHAEL P. WALSH 9-28 (skim)
Clean Air and the Electrification of Urban Transportation--LUGUANG YAN and XUHUI WEN 29-46 (skim)
The Characteristics of Urban Air Pollution in China--XIAOYAN TANG 47-54 (skim)
Rational Options for Clean Energy in Chinese Cities--WEITANG FAN and ZHUFENG YU 55-72 (skim)
Programs to Control Air Pollution and Acid Rain--SARATH K. GUTTIKUNDA, TODD M. JOHNSON, FENG LIU, and JITENDRA J. SHAH 73-94 (skim)
Energy and Environmental Impacts of Chinese Rural Vehicles--DANIEL SPERLING and ZHENHONG LIN 95-106 (skim)
Global Impacts Atmospheric Long-Range Transport of Urban Pollutants--LEONARD LEVIN 107-124 (skim)
Sampling and Analysis Monitoring and Assessing Particulate Matter--JUDITH C. CHOW and JOHN G. WATSON 125-138 (skim)
Source Apportionment of Fine-Particle Pollution in Beijing--YUANHANG ZHANG, XIANLEI ZHU, LIMIN ZENG, and WEI WANG 139-154 (skim)
Radiative Forcing by Anthropogenic Aerosols: Sources and Impacts--MICHAEL H. BERGIN 155-168 (skim)
The Power Sector Analysis of Emissions, Exposures, and Risks of Toxic Air Emissions from U.S. Coal-Fired and Oil-Fired Power Plants--CHRIS G. WHIPPLE 169-186 (skim)
Environmental Performance of Coal-Fired Power Plants Financed by the World Bank--JACK J. FRITZ 187-204 (skim)
Prospects for Distributed Combined Cooling, Heating, and Power Systems in China--LIWEN FENG and YINGSHI WANG 205-216 (skim)
Power-Sector Energy Consumption and Pollution Control in China--XUCHANG XU, CHANGHE CHEN, HAIYIN QI, DINGKAI LI, CHANGFU YOU, and GUANGMING XIANG 217-236 (skim)
Development of Clean-Coal Technology--HONGGUANG JIN, RUIXIAN CAI, and BAOQUN WANG 237-250 (skim)
Institutional Issues Environmental Institutions in China--HUA WANG and CHANGHUA WU 251-280 (skim)
Public Health Ambient Air Pollution in Shanghai: A Health-Based Assessment--HAIDONG KAN, BINGHENG CHEN, and CHANGHONG CHEN 281-296 (skim)

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In October 2003, a group of experts met in Beijing under the auspices of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Engineering, and National Academy of Engineering (NAE)/National Research Council (NRC) of the National Academies to continue a dialogue and eventually chart a rational course of energy use in China. This collection of papers is intended to introduce the reader to the complicated problems of urban air pollution and energy choices in China.

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