Environmental policy and sustainable development in China : : Hong Kong in global context / / Paul G. Harris.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Bristol University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-1995
• VerfasserIn: Harris, Paul G.,
• Place / Publishing House: Bristol : : Policy Press, , [2012]; ©2012
• Year of Publication: 2012
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (304 p.)

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).

Table of Contents

Front Matter -- Contents -- List of tables, figures and boxes -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Introduction -- Conceptions of sustainable development -- Conceptualising sustainable development -- Origins and critiques of sustainable development -- Implementing sustainable development -- Contexts for sustainable development in China’s world city -- Geography and population -- History and development -- Government institutions and policy priorities -- Consumption and a city’s environmental footprint -- Challenges of sustainable development -- Air -- Water -- Energy and climate change -- Transportation -- Environmental spaces -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index