Index
acid deposition, 50
acid rain, 50
aerosol optical depth (AOD), 11
Air Pollution Control Act of 1955, 2
air pollution index (API), 8
Air Quality Act of 1967, 2
air quality index (AQI), 68
amendment to the Renewable Energy Law, 63
Auditoría Superior de la Federación (Mexico), 96
authoritarian regimes
environmental policy implementation in, 5
incentive-based policy prioritization and, 24
political regulation wave theory and, 14
automobile emissions, Mexican air pollution policies and, 94
Blue Sky Day policy, 8
box modeling, 12
cadres
particulate matter control and evaluation of, 74
state retirement policies for, 27
environmentally unsustainable policies promoted by, 7
Carson, Rachel, 2
causal mediation analysis, 73
Central Party School, tenure length linked to attendance at, 37
China
environmental monitoring in, 7
global leadership on climate change by, 46
mobilization campaigns in, 22
political structure and environmental governance in, 33
unsustainable environmental planning in, 7
circular economy initiative, 64
Clean Air Act Amendments of 1977 and 1990 (USA), 2
Clean Air Act of 1963 (USA), 2
Clean Air Act of 1970 (USA), 2
Clean Power Plan (USA), 46
clean production, 64
Clean Production Promotion Law, 64
clean transportation, 66
climate change, Chinese leadership on, 46
compliance with environmental regulations, rates of, 54
decentralization, local control of bureaucracy and, 26
ecological and environmental accountability of CCP leaders and government officials, 44–
economic growth
Chinese prioritization of,
conflict and ambiguity in pollution control with, 27
electoral politics and, 6
measurement of, 71
Mexican elections and strategic planning of, 99
Mexican voters’ prioritization of, 97
strategic planning for, 46
additional pollution without additional, 31
Eisenhower, Dwight D., 2
electoral politics
economic policy and, 6
exogenous timing of Mexican elections and, 98
Mexican pollution regulation and, 97
Emission Standard of Air Pollution for Thermal Power Plants, 64
emissions restrictions, 20
environmental impact assessment (EIA), 65
field interviews, environmental planning research, 10
Fiscal Coordination Law (Mexico), 96
five-year plans, air pollution mitigation and, 2,
Four Pests campaign, 22
General Law on Environmental Protection and Ecological Equilibrium (Mexico), 96
GEOS-Chem chemical transport model, 12
Great Leap Forward (1958–59), 22
green energy, Chinese government promotion of, 45
incentives
electoral politics and economics and, 6
local environmental policies and, 20
policy implementation patterns and, 30
policy prioritization and, 24
political behavior and, 16
sulfur dioxide regulation and,
industrialization
economic costs of regulation of, 88
factory air quality monitoring and, 69
fossil fuel consumption and, 25
pollution reduction policies and, 64
infant deaths, air pollution and, 1
internal policy documents, Chinese environmental planning, 11
Li Keqiang, 44
lifelong responsibility system for Chinese local officials, 44
Management for Environmental Protection of Capital Construction Projects, 65
Matland, Richard, 24
Merton, Robert, 21
Mexico
air quality trends and policies in, 94
economic growth vs. environmental policies in, 97
electoral politics and regulatory forbearance in, 94,
human cost of political pollution waves in, 102
spending power of state governors in, 95
state governors’ air quality regulations in, 95
Ministry of Ecology and Environment (MEE), 34
mixed-methods research approach,
mobilization campaigns, local policy waves and, 22
National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS), 68
National Environmental Program (1996–2000) (Mexico), 2
natural gas, China’s shift to, 89
natural science, environmental policy and, 109
new energy vehicles (NEVs), 66
news media, environmental planning research and, 11
nighttime luminosity measurement, 71
Olympic Blue, 20
online ethnography, environmental policy research and, 10
overcapacity, curbing of, 67
Pan Yue, 66
particulate matter (PM)
aerosol optical depth (AOD) and, 12
cadre evaluation linked to control of, 74
Chinese local and regional regulation of, 15
Chinese pollution control and, 4
concrete targets for reduction of, 44
conflict in policies for control of, 27
economic costs of regulation of, 88
global annual averages, 92
industrialization and urbanization and rise in, 25
local management of, 103
measurement of, 70
tenure length linked to changes in,
party secretaries, governance and role of, 35
police-patrol environmental monitoring approach, 7
political environmental protection wave, 30, ,
political connection and strength of, 77
tradeoffs of,
political pollution wave, 30
bureaucratic capture and, 78
political connection and strength of, 74
human costs in Mexico of, 102
Mexican electoral politics and, 98
normative implications of, 107
rent-seeking and, 79
tradeoffs of,
political regulation wave
defined, 3
forging of,
future research involving, 111
high-conflict low-ambiguity policy and, 24
Mexican electoral politics and, 98
particulate matter reduction and,
policy implementation patterns and, 30
sulfur dioxide regulation and, 53
pricing and price reforms, overcapacity reduction and, 68
Program of Air Quality Management (ProAire) (Mexico), 95
Programa Hoy No Circular (Mexico),
public goods provision
air quality as public good, 5
regime type and, 105
Mexican electoral politics linked to, 101
public participation, environmental monitoring and, 70
qualitative research,
quantitative research,
regional supervision centers, 52
regulatory forbearance
costs of, 82
local politics and, 13
Mexican electoral politics and timing of,
political pollution wave and, 76
pollution patterns and, 31
strategic noncompliance and, 46
remote sensing, air pollution measurement with, 11
renewable energy, Chinese production of, 63
rent-seeking, political pollution wave and, 79
Sino-African Summit (2006), 20
social benefits and costs of Mexican political pollution wave, 102
social sciences, environmental policy and, 109
socioeconomic status
economic growth in China and, 25
morbidity and mortality from air pollution and, 1
State of Global Air (2018), 1
strategic planning
economic growth and regulation and, 46
of Mexican economic growth, 99
rent-seeking and, 79
thermal power plants, emissions reduction in, 64
total emission control (TEC), Chinese concept of, 52
Environmental Protection Law (1979), 52
Tullock, Gordon, 79
Two Control Zones (TCZ) policy, 51
ultralow emissions (ULE) standards, 64
United States
economic growth linked to pollution in, 81
trade war with China, 89
withdrawal from Paris Agreement by, 46
unsustainable environmental planning, 7
US Environmental Protection Agency air quality index, 43
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