Air Pollution in Hong Kong: The Failure of Government and the Slight Promise of Judicial Review

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rohan Price ◽  
John K.S. Ho
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
Hong Kong ◽  
Judicial Review

Empirical Assessment and Modeling of Traffic-induced Air Pollution

2021 ◽  
pp. 036119812110237
Author(s):  
Zhongyang Lu ◽  
Andy H. F. Chow ◽  
Jacky Leung ◽  
Haydn Kwok ◽  
Sammy Cheung
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
Hong Kong ◽  
Road Network ◽  
Historical Data ◽  
Flow Speed ◽  
Traffic Flows ◽  
Real World Data ◽  
Empirical Assessment ◽  
Air Quality Monitoring Stations ◽  
Transport Management

Congestion and traffic-induced air pollution are associated with population growth and economic development. Compared with congestion, there are relatively few studies on modeling and assessment of traffic-induced pollution. This paper presents an empirical assessment and analysis of traffic-induced air pollution with real-world data collected from the Hong Kong Strategic Road Network. The study employed historical data of traffic flows, speeds, and emission of air pollutants collated by the Hong Kong Transport Department and Environmental Protection Department. This paper first reveals the correlation between traffic flows, speeds, and corresponding induced pollutants including nitrogen oxides (NO2, NOX) and carbon monoxide (CO). To gain further statistical insight, a regression analysis was conducted on the flow–speed–emission relationship at three air quality monitoring stations, which revealed the significance of various factors on this relationship. This study contributes to green transport management and urban sustainability.

CROSS-BOUNDARY AIR POLLUTION CONTROL UNDER “ONE COUNTRY, TWO SYSTEMS”: PERSPECTIVES FROM HONG KONG–GUANGDONG COLLABORATION

2017 ◽  
Vol 65 (03) ◽  
pp. 601-625
Author(s):  
TING YIN TIFFANY WONG ◽  
YUAN XU ◽  
YOUNGHO CHANG
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
Hong Kong ◽  
Pollution Control ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Central Government ◽  
Necessary Conditions ◽  
Air Pollution Control ◽  
Two Systems ◽  
One Country Two Systems ◽  
Effective Collaboration

This study aims to examine how “One Country, Two Systems” has shaped and influenced the collaboration on cross-boundary air pollution control between the governments of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and the Guangdong province. The presence of the Chinese central government significantly fostered the start of this collaboration, but the implementation and collaborative relationship were relatively weak and unsustainable due to the two local governments’ largely different interests, goals and political demands. We found that the emphasis on “One Country” especially after 2003 led to the signature of more joint agreements in comparison with what the emphasis on “Two Systems” did between 1997 and 2003. Joint agreements appear to be necessary conditions for effective collaboration, but too many of them without satisfying implementation could have resulted in less concrete benefits. A balanced stress on “One Country” and “Two Systems” might bring an appropriate number of joint agreements with good implementation for more effective collaboration.

Air pollution as a risk factor for increasing hospitalizations of preschool wheeze in Hong Kong

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ka-Ka Siu ◽  
Chin-Pang Wong ◽  
RachelShui-Ping Lee ◽  
JackPak-Yeung Chan ◽  
Shuk-Yu Leung ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
Risk Factor ◽  
Hong Kong

Cigarette smoking increases deaths associated with air pollution in Hong Kong

2020 ◽  
Vol 223 ◽  
pp. 117266 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shengzhi Sun ◽  
Wangnan Cao ◽  
King-Pan Chan ◽  
Jinjun Ran ◽  
Yang Ge ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
Hong Kong ◽  
Cigarette Smoking

scholarly journals Integrating travel behavior with land use regression to estimate dynamic air pollution exposure in Hong Kong

2018 ◽  
Vol 113 ◽  
pp. 100-108 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Tang ◽  
Linwei Tian ◽  
Thuan-Quoc Thach ◽  
Tsz Him Tsui ◽  
Michael Brauer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Air Pollution ◽  
Hong Kong ◽  
Travel Behavior ◽  
Land Use Regression ◽  
Air Pollution Exposure ◽  
Pollution Exposure

scholarly journals A tale of four cities: A semantic analysis comparing the newspaper coverage of air pollution in Hong Kong, London, Pittsburgh, and Tianjin from 2014 to 2017

2019 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-52
Author(s):  
Tongxin Sun ◽  
Bu Zhong
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
Hong Kong ◽  
Air Quality ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Semantic Analysis ◽  
Newspaper Coverage ◽  
Word Count ◽  
The Public ◽  
Computer Aided ◽  
Linguistic Inquiry

A computer-aided semantic analysis (using Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count [LIWC]) examined how newspaper coverage of air pollution from 2014 to 2017 may affect the public agenda in four cities—Hong Kong, London, Pittsburgh, and Tianjin. Results show that after controlling for the real-time air quality, the agenda-setting effect was found in Hong Kong, London, and Pittsburgh, but not Tianjin. Tianjin’s reports also contained more future-framed words but fewer present-framed words than other cities.

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