The Air Quality Of China Urban Cities

As the exploration of the industrial development and increased speed of the urban sprawl in Beijing, many severe environmental issues attribute mainly to the anthropocentric activities have been come out of the scene. One of them is the air pollution. Air pollution has been regarded as the most severe environment issue in China since it has already threatened to physical health, especially for the respiratory tract and lung. “In January 2013, Beijing experienced historical heavy air pollution. In this particular month, very few days were observed with blue sky.” (Lijian Han et.al., 2015) According to the analysis of the driving factors, “the population grew fast, and energy consumption and the number of vehicles increased rapidly” (Ju Zhang et.al., 2010), these factors add together can make the air quality worse than any one of them separately can. Firstly, it has been an undoubted truth that more and more people originally lived in rural has been moved to core urban of Beijing since there are more opportunities in there. Therefore, the huge explosion of urban population with more energy release and more CO2 exhalation is seen as an inevitably primary factor causing the bad air quality. What’s more, as the population

According to the EPA pollution recommendations, when a city reaches an air quality index (AQI) of over 400, all people should avoid going outdoors. Beijing’s highest AQI is 895. This impacts the daily lives of Beijing citizens immensely. Air pollution has been related to increased cases of cancer, heart disease, stroke and other respiratory illnesses. It is also associated with asthma in children.

However, China accounts for 33% of the worlds Greenhouse gas emissions, mainly arising as a result of rapid urbanisation and industrialisation, and the deforestation that occurs in its wake. China is also suffering from desertification, coastal reclamation and severe climate change as are result of their long time blasé attitude towards environmental issues. While the Chinese Government now do acknowledge that environmental oversight has occurred, strict censorship within China deprives outsiders of receiving the full story of the environmental calamity that is occurring within China. Citizens within China are becoming increasingly concerned with governmental policy that regards further unnecessary degradation of the environment. A retired party official revealed that there had been 50,000 environmental protests within China in 2012 alone. China has amended numerous government acts and implemented strict new regulations in an attempt to curb pollution and Greenhouse gas production. However, the problem China faces cannot be swept under the 'bureaucratic rug' so to speak. The problem rests with the lack of an alternative clean energy to the fossil fuels currently used to fuel China's resource hungry industry. China has implemented numerous 'real world' measures to reduce environmental impact. Perhaps the most well known of these projects is 'Green Wall of China', which is a 4,500 km green belt

In the past decade, the severe air pollution problem in fast developing countries, particularly in China, has caused highly social and scientific attention. In 2014, 92 % of the world population are exposed over to the WHO Air Quality Guidelines (AQG) PM2.5 concentration level of 10 μg/m3 (World Health Organization, 2016). Ambient particulate matter (PM) pollution ranked as the third leading risk factor in India and Nepal, and ranked as the fifth in China (GBD 2015 Risk Factors Collaborators, 2016). In 2012, about 3 million deaths globally were attributed solely to ambient air pollution, and around 87% of it occurred in low- and middle-income countries (World Health Organization, 2016).

Last year, china had an environmental crisis due to rapid growth of industrialization. This had become a serious threat to China as they had to use roughly 9% of its gross national income. The air

One of China’s best successes has in turn been one of its biggest downfalls. One of the main problems is China’s greatest success which has been its phenomenal economic growth. This is one of the main drivers of the current environmental problems that the country faces. Factories dump pollutants into the air and water. It is difficult to see the Chinese government making the significant sacrifices required to improve their environment if it means slowing down their economic growth.

This article that is based on the air pollution in China talks about how contaminated air is constantly killing people who live in major cities of China, especially because the levels of pollution are much higher in China than they are in the United States and other areas. This article displays an environmental and social issue because people expect that there will be no host for the 2022 Olympics if the issues with the environment and pollution keep up in China. This could be a major disadvantage towards the way the Olympics works and towards the amount of deaths caused by pollution in China.

In the last two decades, the air pollution in China has increased substantially. The lack of good air quality is especially prominent in the more urban, industrialized areas of China. Environment Minister Zhou Shengxian warned, “If China meant to quadruple the size of its economy over 20 years without more damage, it would have to become more efficient in resource use. Otherwise, there would be a painful price to pay” (BBC News). The topic of air pollution is not a new concern to the world; however, the effects of air pollution, especially to the hundred of thousands of people directly or indirectly harmed by the side effects of “bad air,” should be of grave concern. According to the Ministry of Health, air pollution has made cancer the

According to BBC News (2016), air pollution in Beijing is always in unhealthy stage as based on average air quality (AQI) from the year 2008 to 2015, Beijing had about 49 out of 100 percent was in unhealthy stage, 14 out of 100 percent was in very unhealthy stage, and 4 out of 100 percent was in hazardous stage. Staying in a bad air or water pollution country is very tough for life. According to Mosbergen, D. (2015) had shown that there have 4,400 people death in air pollution per day. According to Watt, L. (2013), about 13 million car sold in 2012, actually land transportation are the chief culprit that causes air pollution but China’s people prefer driving their own car than taking public transportation. This is because they don’t want to take public transportation in this air pollution. Sometimes, the school would cancel the class because of air pollution. Cancelled the class will affect the result of the student. Some of the job would be pause because of the air pollution, so their work had being postpone. Postpone the complete working time will make the company loss example construction business. Construction business in China is important, because China need the construction business to improve their economy. But according to Lovells, H. (2014), there have some companies did not follow the environmental protection regulation which could be fined and penalties because they always use the ‘relationship’ to

China is one of the countries with the poorest air quality. Moreover, Eastern China has an average air quality index (AQI) of 180, and some locations like Jiangbei, Songyuan have an AQI rating of over 500 (World Air Quality, 2017). Typically, on the AQI, a rating of above 150 is unhealthy, where individuals may experience mild to serious health effects from poor air quality (World Air Quality, 2017). Additionally, an AQI of above 200 is considered hazardous, which leads to the entire population experiencing sever health effects (World Air Quality, 2017). In fact, China’s poor air quality directly causes 1.6 million deaths a year, which equates to 4000 deaths per day (Ramsey, 2015).

There I was in Shanghai, China, staring at the sun as if I were trying to look at a lamp behind a curtain. The rise of pollution levels in China has intrigued the minds of people who never even cared about the environment before. The People’s Republic of China is now the largest emitter of CO2 in the world. But of course, this a global phenomenon: a global phenomenon that in no way started with China as Alanna Mitchell would agree to. By the end of the 19th century, the powerful duo that was industrialization and imperialism spread industrial growth from Great Britain to Southeast Asia. From the opium wars in the mid 19th century to the economic reforms of 1970s, China has been incorporated into the global economy as the world’s manufacturer. And as we know, modern manufacturing is heavily reliant on fossil fuels. This has put an immense amount of international pressure on the Chinese to improve their environmental footprint. But sustainable development needs to start not just with China, but with all major players in the global economy. Mitchell’s statement, “the idea that the planet’s future might come down to China’s choices is hard for the West to fathom”(102) is not only ironic, but a dangerous idea to accept. An historical context of China’s industrialization and urbanization will show you that Western interests in China led to its massive carbon emission. Further, the root of the problem must be solved the way it started, with help from the West.

It is very hard to believe someone actually benefits from China’s air pollution, but it is true. For those companies that manufacture filter masks and air purifications products, they make dibs on the air pollution. Air purifiers market will grow at a compound annual growth rate of 18% during 2016 to 2021, according to TechSci Research Report. Those who can afford the price would like to install purifiers at homes, schools, offices, subway stations, airports and so on, at least as a kind of psychological comfort. Wealthy populations who live either in the urban or far away from polluted rural areas can financially defend themselves by by improving indoor air quality through air purifiers, wearing the best

The air pollution in Beijing has a long history. Trace back to 1966, Zhou Enlai, the most respectable premier in China, thought Beijing was falling into the trouble of pollution, when he looked at the smog in the Sky. Unfortunately, in the past few decades, the misgiving of Zhou has been real that the condition of the air pollution has been getting worse, which has caused negative effect on the cultural city. For example, the meteorological observation in 1998 showed that the weeks of air pollution index (API) in the Beijing area which was up to Level 4 increased by 40%, from 14 weeks to 20 weeks in the whole year of 1998 (Huang Guanzheng 36). Back in the start of 2013, PM 2.5 exceeded the detectable limit for several days (Huang Guanzheng 36). Similarly,

China has become a global superpower. Its rise to the top of the trading chain has become a key factor into what it’s become today. With its accelerated population over the last years, it’s economic value has flourished its economy to a wide extent. There is also a saying, that with every good thing, there is always something bad. That’s when China’s environmental factors come to play. In the last twenty years, the quality of life in china has been decaying. The air surrounding most of the major cities in china are filled with horrible, toxic chemicals that has brought worldwide attention to this issue. Not only that, but contaminated and scarce water in China also play large roles in the impact of the environment. I believe that the increase in population, coal processing, and manufacturing of goods, have brought about environmental damages, but has also created economic stability.

China has been acknowledged globally for its immense population growth. With economic growth and massive industrial boom, the environmental deterioration has been on the rise. Although the government has undertaken several steps and formulated various laws however, the response received is critical.