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Hidden Air: Urbanization, the Built Environment, and Indoor Air Quality in China
Hidden Air: Urbanization, the Built Environment, and Indoor Air Quality in China
Speaker: Gary Adamkiewicz, Assistant Professor of Environmental Health and Exposure Disparities, Department of Environmental Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health China’s recent economic growth and rate of urbanization are unprecedented […]
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Ancestral Halls: Their Life After Death
Ancestral Halls: Their Life After Death
From the late fifteenth century to the mid-twentieth century over 6,000 ancestral halls (祠堂) were constructed in Huizhou 徽州, a prefecture at the southern end of Anhui province. Usually understood to represent the growing attachment of families to the establishment of lineage authority in their villages, Huizhou’s ancestral halls soon acquired a variety of functions […]
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Environmental Public Interest Litigation in China: Cases and Reform
Environmental Public Interest Litigation in China: Cases and Reform
Speaker: Barbara Finamore, Senior Attorney and Asia Director, Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) On January 1, 2015, amendments to China’s Environmental Protection Law went into effect that would allow an estimated […]
Building Energy Efficiency Regulations in China: Policies and Trends
Building Energy Efficiency Regulations in China: Policies and Trends
Speaker: Barbara Finamore, Senior Attorney and Asia Director, Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) Abstract: Energy used in buildings is responsible for 30% of China’s CO2 emissions, a percentage that is expected to grow […]