Polluted Air or Policy Advance in Hong Kong‐Guangdong
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6040738 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Caroline Y Jo (Princeton Environmental Network USA), Caroline Jo (corresponding author), Lynn White (0000-0002-6524-5071, Princeton University) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 77-106 |
| Publication date | 2013-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Asian Politics & Policy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1943-0787 • E-ISSN: 1943-0779 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/aspp.12004 |
| OpenAlex | W1500573038 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 22 |
The Pearl River Delta, after pell‐mell industrialization, suffers air pollution. Two‐thirds of the pollutants come from Hong Kong–owned factories in Guangdong. Direct 2011 medical costs in Hong Kong are reliably estimated at US$513 million, and annual excess Hong Kong deaths from air pollution exceed 3,000. Dirty air hurts quality of life, recruitment of professionals, tourism, and other desiderata—including government legitimacy. This article surveys the relevant politics, medicine, economics, and air chemistry, recommending cap‐and‐trade policies that are acceptable where markets now rule in both “systems” of Hong Kong‐Guangdong. It stresses the need for official enforcement of caps. Although local governments have cooperated to establish air‐monitoring stations, they have yet to leverage Hong Kong's expertise in regulation and Guangdong's potential for manufacture of air‐cleansing equipment. They need a regional emissions trading scheme (ETS). With Beijing's plans to have a nationwide ETS by 2015, this severe problem could be solved sooner rather than later
Air pollutants · Air pollution · Business · Clean Air Act · Emissions trading · Greenhouse gas · Legitimacy · Leverage (statistics · Political science · Politics · Air Quality and Health Impacts · Chemistry · Climate Change Policy and Economics · Energy, Environment, Economic Growth · Law
Corruption, Pollution, and the Kuznets Environment Curve
Economic Growth and the Environment
Economic growth, trade and energy
Urban environmental governance innovations in China
An overview of emissions trading and its prospects in Hong Kong
Who's Influencing Whom? Exploring the Influence of Hong Kong on Politics and Governance in China
Hong Kong-Mainland Innovations in Environmental Protection since 1980
Confronting the Environmental Kuznets Curve
| Citations per year | 0.22 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2017 - 2019 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |