A New Era of Pollution Progress in Urban China?

Over the last 30 years, China's economy has boomed. This trend has lifted hundreds of millions of Chinese out of poverty but it has also sharply increased local, regional, and global pollution levels. We look at the rise in air pollution over recent decades, and the perhaps surprising finding t...

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Main Authors: Kahn, Matthew E. (Author), Zheng, Siqi (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Urban Studies and Planning (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Economic Association, 2019-01-29T20:17:39Z.
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