Heading towards sustainability? : practical indicators of environmental sustainability for Hong Kong / report editors, William Barron & Nils Steinbrecher
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- 1393748
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- Hong Kong : Centre of Urban Planning & Environmental Management of the University of Hong Kong, 1999
- viii, S-45, 191 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.
- ISBN:
- 9627589160
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- Machine derived contents note: THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY S-1
- 1 THE CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK 1
- 2 INSTITUTIONAL, ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL CONTEXT FOR ENVIRONMENTAL
- SUSTAINABILITY CONCERNS FOR HONG KONG 4
- 2.1 IESI AND SUSDEV21 5
- 2.2 HONG KONG WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF CHINA 9
- 2.3 CONTRADICTIONS OF WEALTH 10
- 3 ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY FOR HONG KONG: INDICATIONS OF WHERE WE
- STAND 13
- 3.1 INDICATOR SELECTION CRITERIA 13
- 3.2 SELECTED INITIAL INDICATORS 14
- Air Quality 14
- Marine Water Quality 14
- Solid Waste 15
- 3.3 TRENDS FOR EACH INDICATOR 16
- Air Quality Indicators 16
- Respirable Suspended Particulates 17
- Nitrogen Dioxide 20
- Ozone 23
- Carbon Dioxide 26
- Air Pollutant Emissions by Sector 29
- General Comments on Emissions and Pollutant Concentrations 29
- Power Sector 30
- Transport Sector 32
- Industrial, Commercial, and Residential Sector 44
- 3.4 MARINE WATER QUALITY INDICATORS 47
- Ecoli 48
- Total Inorganic Nitrogen 54
- 3.5 SOLID WASTE INDICATOR 58
- 3.6 FUTURE INDICATORS FOR NATURE CONSERVATION, NOISE, AND OPEN SPACE 64
- General Comments for possible Future Indicators 64
- Nature Conservation and Biodiversity 64
- Noise 68
- Open Space 71
- 4 PROJECTIONS OF THE INDICATOR VALUES 80
- 4.1 AIR QUALITY INDICATOR PROJECTIONS 83
- BAU (Baseline) Projections 84
- Additional Projections: Exploring the Potential Impacts of Specific Further Policy Measures 91
- 4.2 MARINE WATER QUALITY INDICATOR PROJECTIONS 95
- Ecoli 97
- Total Inorganic Nitrogen 102
- 4.3 SOLID WASTE INDICATOR PROJECTIONS 109
- BAU Projections 109
- Additional Projections I
- Solid Waste Options 114
- 5 ASSESSMENT OF SPECIFIC POLICY MEASURES FOR AIR QUALITY 119
- 5.1 EMISSION COMPARISON OF ROAD AND RAIL 119
- Shifting Much More Public Transport to Electric Systems 119
- Cross-Border Freight Transport 132
- 5.2 COMPRESSED NATURAL GAS FOR BUSES 133
- 5.3 PEDESTRIANISATION 142
- 6 CROSS-BORDER ISSUES 15
- 6 .1 WATER 15 2
- 6 .2 AIR 15 6
- 6.3 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPLICATIONS 159
- 7 CONCLUSIONS 163
- 7.1 EXPANDING OUR INFORMATION BASE 163
- 7.2 WILLINGNESS TO PAY? 164
- 7.3 THE POLITICAL CULTURE 165
- 7.4 THE NEED FOR BROAD VISION: AN ILLUSTRATION 166
- 7.5 FOOTPRINT OF HONG KONG SAR 169
- 7.6 TOWARDS SUSTAINABILITY 173.
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- "A study by The Centre of Urban Planning & Environmental Management of The University of Hong Kong funded by The Environment and Conservation Fund."
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 178-191)
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