China shifts gears
Subtitle: automakers, oil, pollutiion, and development
By: Kelly Sims Gallagher.
Series: Urban and industrial environments
Publisher: MIT Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 219
Subjects: Automobile industry and trade -- China.; Automobile industry and trade -- Environmental aspects -- China; Automobile industry and trade -- Energy consumption -- China
Description: The author identifies an unprecedented opportunity for China to 'shift gears' and avoid the usual problems associated with the automobile industry - including urban air pollution caused by tailpipe emissions, greenhouse gas emissions, and high dependenceon oil imports - while spurring economic development.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.