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Green Cities? Urbanization, Trade and the Environment
Borck, Rainald - 2015
This paper establishes a simple theoretical framework which comprises key forces that shape the structure and interrelation of cities to study the interdependencies between urban evolution and the environment. We focus on the potential of the unfettered market forces to economize on emissions. A...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013016391
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Toward a Sustainable Urbanism : Lessons from Federal Regulation of Urban Stormwater Runoff
Eisen, Joel B. - 2011
Concludes, through the lens of sustainability, that cities (and in particular, "Edge Cities" in America's suburban areas) have not adequately controlled stormwater runoff, and proposes solutions to improve the Clean Water Act program
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014178005
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The Preservation of Community Green Space : Is Georgia Ready to Combat Sprawl with Smart Growth?
Griffith, Janice C. - 2015
Containing the ill effects of urban sprawl has become a cause celebre for many citizens who are experiencing a decline in the quality of life in the country's cities and suburban areas. Armed with smart growth principles, the new urbanists and many environmentalists advocate the return to more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014140518
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Heterogeneous assessment of urbanisation, energy consumption and environmental pollution in Africa : the role of regulatory quality
Ibekilo, Bruno N.; Ekesiobi, Chukwunonso; Emmanuel, … - 2023
The pace of urbanisation, the intensity of energy consumption, and the quality of environmental regulation level pose a severe threat to environmental sustainability in Africa. Hence, we examine the role of regulatory quality on environmental pollution through urbanisation and energy consumption...
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Urbanization, trade openness, and air pollution : a provincial level analysis of China
Zheng, Wei; Walsh, Patrick Paul - 2018
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Comprehensive evaluation of environmental policy for water pollutants reduction in Jiaxing City, China
Xu, Feng; Xiang, Nan; Higano, Yōshirō - 2012
Recently, various environmental problems have been brought with the rapid economic development in China. Therefore, now … great improvement of the trade-off between environment improvement and economic development in Jianxing city, China. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011513910
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Incentives and Outcomes : China's Environmental Policy
Wu, Jing - 2013
China's record-breaking economic growth is evoking increasing concern about unaddressed environmental problems. We show …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013088053
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Incentives and Outcomes : China's Environmental Policy
Wu, Jing - 2013
In generating fast economic growth, China is also generating growing concern about its environmental record. Using 2000 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013075346
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Incentives and Outcomes : China's Environmental Policy
Wu, Jing - 2014
China's record-breaking economic growth is evoking increasing concern about unaddressed environmental problems. We show …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013058396
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China's Cities, Globalization, and Sustainable Development : Comparative Thoughts on Urban Planning, Energy, and Environmental Policy
Ziegler, Edward H. - 2013
This article discusses the development of China's modern cities and China's emerging urban planning and growth … development issues are discussed in the comparative context of future growth and urban development in the United States and China … the critical issues of peak oil, global warming, and climate change. The article notes that, despite China's policy to …
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