The motivations for China’s recent energy and climate change policies are far more complex than the stereotypical view of China as a country bent on the pursuit of economic growth at all costs would...
UN officials said Tuesday that China's efforts to follow the new pathway to sustainable urbanization, which is human-centered and environmentally friendly, will benefit both the country and the world...
Premier Li Keqiang said here Saturday China would deepen cooperation with UN agencies to boost green development, address climate change, so as to promote the world's sustainable development. The...
China on Sunday unveiled an urbanization plan for the 2014-2020 period in an effort to steer the country's urbanization onto a human-centered and environmentally friendly path.
Fujian province will make greater efforts to protect its natural environment as it presses ahead with economic development, said the province's legislators.
In an attempt to stop her family from breathing polluted air, Christina Wang, the mother of a 3-month-old in Beijing, bought her second air purifier in two months. "We put one in the living room and...
The facts of Africa’s rapid urbanisation are startling. By 2030 African cities will have grown by more than 350 million people and over half the continent's population will be urban. Yet in the minds...
Habitat International, Volume 41, January 2014, Pages 92–98. This analyzes the relationship between urban compactness and CO2 efficiency in China. A quantitative indicator of urban compactness and...
Habitat International, Volume 41, January 2014, Pages 114–120. The motives of people for visiting urban green spaces (UGS) mirror their needs and expectations on UGS, which help to ascertain why...
Habitat International, Volume 41, January 2014, Pages 24–32. China already has more numerous and larger cities than ever before. If the current trend holds, by 2025 it will have a predicted 1 billion...
Beijing was once again shrouded in a heavily polluted, foggy air on Wednesday, which is familar to local residents some of whom are accustomed to wearing masks outdoor.
Beijing was once again shrouded in a heavily polluted, foggy air on Wednesday, which is familiar to local residents some of whom are accustomed to wearing masks outdoors.
China will publish a list of it 10 worst polluted cities - and best cities - for air pollution each month, as the country pushes officials to dispel a persistent smog crisis that is fuelling public...