Governing China's food quality through transparency: a review

APJ Mol - Food control, 2014 - Elsevier
In coping with food quality problems, China relies heavily on state institutions, such as laws
and regulations, governmental standards and certification, and inspections and …

Does air pollution affect public health and health inequality? Empirical evidence from China

T Yang, W Liu - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2018 - Elsevier
Air pollution and its effects on public health have received considerable attention in China.
This paper extends discussion of the relationship between pollution and health by focusing …

Racing to the bottom or to the top? Decentralization, revenue pressures, and governance reform in China

D Van der Kamp, P Lorentzen, D Mattingly - World Development, 2017 - Elsevier
China's decentralization has been praised for promoting inter-jurisdictional competition that
incentivizes local officials to promote economic development. The downside of …

Neighborhood effects on health: A multilevel analysis of neighborhood environment, physical activity and public health in suburban Shanghai

Y Tao, J Ma, Y Shen, Y Chai - Cities, 2022 - Elsevier
With great concern over the health-promoting environment worldwide, there is a growing
body of research into the neighborhood effects on health beyond the sole focus on …

Environment and health research in China: The state of the field

J Holdaway - The China Quarterly, 2013 - cambridge.org
In the context of this symposium, this article reviews social science research in the emerging
field of environment and health in China, with a particular focus on the impacts of pollution. It …

Contesting food safety in the Chinese media: Between hegemony and counter-hegemony

G Yang - The China Quarterly, 2013 - cambridge.org
Food safety is a matter of intense contestation in the Chinese media. Through three case
studies, this article shows that government and corporate elites strive to maintain media …

Associations of co-exposures to air pollution and noise with psychological stress in space and time: A case study in Beijing, China

Y Tao, L Kou, Y Chai, MP Kwan - Environmental Research, 2021 - Elsevier
Air pollution and noise are both ubiquitous environmental stressors that pose great threats to
public health. Emerging evidence has noticed the combined health risks caused by the …

Migration, environmental hazards, and health outcomes in China

J Chen, S Chen, PF Landry - Social science & medicine, 2013 - Elsevier
China's rapid economic growth has had a serious impact on the environment. Environmental
hazards are major sources of health risk factors. The migration of over 200 million people to …

Civil society organizations in China: Navigating the local government for more inclusive environmental governance

X Gao, J Teets - China Information, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
This article examines how civil society organizations navigate local government to secure
more inclusive environmental governance. Based on an in-depth case study of water …

Inequality in Beijing: A spatial multilevel analysis of perceived environmental hazard and self-rated health

J Ma, G Mitchell, G Dong, W Zhang - Annals of the American …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Environmental pollution is a major problem in China, subjecting people to significant health
risk. Surprisingly little is known, though, about how these risks are distributed spatially or …