Hong Kong Haze
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8374255 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rachel E Stern (0000-0001-9745-3433, University of California, Berkeley, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 780-800 |
| Publication date | 2003-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Asian Survey (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0004-4687 • E-ISSN: 1533-838X |
| Publisher | University of California Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1525/as.2003.43.5.780 |
| OpenAlex | W1989297643 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 3 |
Preliminary data show that Hong Kong's poor suffer increased exposure to air pollution. People in lower-class areas may be up to five times as likely to be hospitalized for respiratory illness as their counterparts in high-income areas. In addition, variation in household income may explain up to 60% of Air Pollution Index (API) variation between districts. Despite this, air pollution has not been seen as a class issue because of the invisibility of Hong Kong's poor, the nature of environmental activism, and a relative lack of class tensions. Two of Asia's most significant trends are deepening income inequality and increasing environmental degradation. Yet, these two trends are often examined separately, as parts of entirely different spheres. Using air pollution in Hong Kong as a case study, this article argues that environmental issues and social class are intimately intertwined. Environmental burdens, such as air pollution, disproportionately affect the poor. Social class—who is generating pollution and who is affected—also determines how environmental issues are perceived and addressed. However, little combined analysis of social class and the environment exists outside the United States. Hong Kong's struggle to improve air quality in the post-handover period provides an unusual opportunity to examine the relationship between social class and the environment in Asia
Air pollution · Air Pollution Index · Air quality index · Demographic economics · Development economics · Economics · Geography · Haze · Invisibility · Meteorology · Political science · Social class · Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies · Pollution
The right to atmosphere
Air pollution and environmental injustice
Inequality of Asian-type neighborhood environmental quality in communities with different urbanization levels
Cleaning Up Its Act
Social Mitigation of the Impact of Urban Renewal on Residents' Morale
Particulate Matters
Respiratory Health and Ecosyndemics in a Time of Global Warming
| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2025 (14) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |