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Urbanization, Energy, and Air Pollution in China: The Challenges Ahead -- Proceedings of a Symposium (2004)

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Urbanization, Energy, and Air Pollution in China: The Challenges Ahead - Proceedings of a Symposium

THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES PRESS
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NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine. The members of the committee responsible for the report were chosen for their special competences and with regard for appropriate balance.

This study was supported funding from the National Academies. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the organizations or agencies that provided support for the project.

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Front Matter (R1-R12)
Introduction--JACK J. FRITZ (1-8)
Emerging Air Pollution Trends in China Motor Vehicle Pollution and Fuel Consumption in China--MICHAEL P. WALSH (9-28)
Clean Air and the Electrification of Urban Transportation--LUGUANG YAN and XUHUI WEN (29-46)
The Characteristics of Urban Air Pollution in China--XIAOYAN TANG (47-54)
Rational Options for Clean Energy in Chinese Cities--WEITANG FAN and ZHUFENG YU (55-72)
Programs to Control Air Pollution and Acid Rain--SARATH K. GUTTIKUNDA, TODD M. JOHNSON, FENG LIU, and JITENDRA J. SHAH (73-94)
Energy and Environmental Impacts of Chinese Rural Vehicles--DANIEL SPERLING and ZHENHONG LIN (95-106)
Global Impacts Atmospheric Long-Range Transport of Urban Pollutants--LEONARD LEVIN (107-124)
Sampling and Analysis Monitoring and Assessing Particulate Matter--JUDITH C. CHOW and JOHN G. WATSON (125-138)
Source Apportionment of Fine-Particle Pollution in Beijing--YUANHANG ZHANG, XIANLEI ZHU, LIMIN ZENG, and WEI WANG (139-154)
Radiative Forcing by Anthropogenic Aerosols: Sources and Impacts--MICHAEL H. BERGIN (155-168)
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)
Environmental Performance of Coal-Fired Power Plants Financed by the World Bank--JACK J. FRITZ (187-204)
Prospects for Distributed Combined Cooling, Heating, and Power Systems in China--LIWEN FENG and YINGSHI WANG (205-216)
Power-Sector Energy Consumption and Pollution Control in China--XUCHANG XU, CHANGHE CHEN, HAIYIN QI, DINGKAI LI, CHANGFU YOU, and GUANGMING XIANG (217-236)
Development of Clean-Coal Technology--HONGGUANG JIN, RUIXIAN CAI, and BAOQUN WANG (237-250)
Institutional Issues Environmental Institutions in China--HUA WANG and CHANGHUA WU (251-280)
Public Health Ambient Air Pollution in Shanghai: A Health-Based Assessment--HAIDONG KAN, BINGHENG CHEN, and CHANGHONG CHEN (281-296)