Publication: Integrated Air Pollution Management in China : Developing Particulate Matter Control
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2012-06
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2012-06
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This study is a joint effort of the Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP), Chinese experts, and the World Bank to inform the policy-making process in line with the government of China s medium- and long-term objectives. Specifically the study aims to assist MEP, provincial governments, and municipalities by: (1) Proposing a national PM10 compliance plan to help non-compliant cities attain grade II - preferably by 2015 or in certain cases by 2020 at the latest - and already compliant cities to further reduce PM concentrations. The plan would include (a) policies and regulations and associated physical interventions/measures; (b) geographical scope; (c) sequencing of interventions; and (d) feasible environmental investments likely to have high benefit/cost ratios. (2) recommending a PM2.5 monitoring system and related data applications.
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“World Bank. 2012. Integrated Air Pollution Management in China : Developing Particulate Matter Control. © World Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11913 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”
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