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Economic Effects of Land Conservation Spatial Characteristics for Climate Change Adaptation
Documentos de trabajoJunio 2021Seung Kyum Kim and Longfeng WuLand conservation has been recognized as a multifunctional adaptive strategy to tackle climate change as it includes the ability to mitigate risk and enhance biodiversity. However, limited empirical...
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Global Urbanization
Learning From China's Explosive Urban GrowthRevista Land LinesAgosto 2019By Katharine Wroth, August 19, 2019Over the past four decades, more than 500 million people have moved from rural China to the nation’s cities, leading to rapid and often uncoordinated urbanization. A recent conference in...
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China’s Environmental Policy and Urban Development
LibrosFebrero 2013Edited by Joyce Yanyun Man“It is well known that rapid urbanization and industrialization in China have had serious consequences for China's environment. Far less recognized are the wide ranging efforts undertaken...
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Sponge Cities and Panda Habitat
The Nature Conservancy's Foray into ChinaRevista Land LinesOctubre 2017By James N. Levitt and Emily MyronThe Nature Conservancy China is partnering with the PKU-Lincoln Center on two major land-based green initiatives: Shenzhen's sponge city project will mitigate floods by absorbing rainfall with...