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Cover Environmental policy and sustainable development in China

Environmental policy and sustainable development in China

Hong Kong in global context

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Author:
Paul G. Harris

Environmental Policy and Sustainable Development uses Hong Kong to explore environmental economic and social development in China, providing concepts of sustainability, contexts for environmental policymaking, and key challenges in sustainable development.

Publisher:
Policy Press
Publication Date:
16 May 2012
Online ISBN:
9781447314226
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.51952/9781447314226
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Front Matter
Front Matter
Preface
One: Introduction
Part One: Conceptions of sustainable development
Two: Conceptualising sustainable development
Three: Origins and critiques of sustainable development
Four: Implementing sustainable development
Part Two: Contexts for sustainable development in China’s world city
Five: Geography and population
Six: History and development
Seven: Government institutions and policy priorities
Eight: Consumption and a city’s environmental footprint
Part Three: Challenges of sustainable development
Nine: Air
Ten: Water
Eleven: Energy and climate change
Twelve: Transportation
Thirteen: Environmental spaces
Fourteen: Conclusion
Back Matter
Bibliography
Index

Drawing on practices and theories of sustainability, Environmental policy and sustainable development in China explores the prospects for achieving environmentally benign economic and social development in China and beyond. Using the Chinese ‘world city’ of Hong Kong as a backdrop and case study, it introduces major conceptions of sustainability, describes historical and political contexts for environmental policymaking, and analyses key challenges related to sustainable development, including air pollution, water quality, waste, transport and climate change. The book will be a valuable and unique resource for students, teachers and readers interested in environmental policy, sustainable development and ecological governance, especially in China and Hong Kong.

All of the author’s royalties from sales of this book will be donated by Policy Press to Friends of the Earth (Hong Kong) and WWF (Hong Kong).

Paul G. Harris is Chair Professor of Global and Environmental Studies at the Hong Kong Institute of Education. He is author or editor of 15 books on global environmental politics, policy and ethics, including China’s Responsibility for Climate Change (Policy Press).

Author/Editor details at time of book publication.

Copyright:
© Policy Press 2012
Hardback ISBN:
9781447305088
Paperback ISBN:
9781447305071
ePub ISBN:
9781447308348
Online ISBN:
9781447314226
Page Extent:
304
Global Social Challenges:
Climate Change, Energy and Sustainability
Sustainable Development Goals:
Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 2: Zero Hunger, Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation, Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy, Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 15: Life On Land
Subject:
Environment and Sustainability, Environment and Sustainability, Environmental Policy, Environmental Studies, Sustainable Development, International Development, International Development
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