\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB\"\u003eThe successful reduction of urban air pollution is among the notable achievements of modern environmental law and policy. This remarkable study, focusing on two of the worldâs most prominent cases, explores how people in the areas of Los Angeles and Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei (BTH) established governance processes to combat air pollution and how the major actors in each area worked to make their region a better place to live. Employing the expertise of teams of knowledgeable environmental law experts from both China and the United States, the authors identify and analyze similarities and differences in the respective legal and policy experiences as actors succeeded in greatly improving the air quality of their areas.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-line-height-alt:10.0pt\" class=\"MsoBodyText\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color:black;background:white;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB\"\u003eUnderpinned by a model of environmental governance developed by the authors and presenting an abundance of first-hand information from both areas, \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB\"\u003ethe study finds that, despite broad political and cultural differences in both regions, three political relations in governance processes emerge as enablers of effective reduction of air pollution:\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-line-height-alt:10.0pt\" class=\"MsoBodyText\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-line-height-alt:10.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1\" class=\"MsoBodyText\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font:7.0pt \u0026quot;Times New Roman\u0026quot;\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB\"\u003erelation between regulators and the regulated communities;\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-line-height-alt:10.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1\" class=\"MsoBodyText\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font:7.0pt \u0026quot;Times New Roman\u0026quot;\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB\"\u003erelation between all the supervisory political entities, such as legislatures, etc., and regulators; and\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-line-height-alt:10.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1\" class=\"MsoBodyText\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font:7.0pt \u0026quot;Times New Roman\u0026quot;\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB\"\u003erelation between civil society (including news media and nongovernmental organizations) and polluters.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-line-height-alt:10.0pt\" class=\"MsoBodyText\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB\"\u003eSpecific areas of regulation covered include transportation, ports, energy efficiency, utilities, oil refineries\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN\"\u003e, building efficiency, renewable energy, \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB\"\u003ecoal dependency, and optimizing energy structure.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-line-height-alt:10.0pt\" class=\"MsoBodyText\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-line-height-alt:10.0pt\" class=\"MsoBodyText\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB\"\u003eWith its sound, replicable model, its solid findings, and its enlightening conclusions, this incomparable work will prove of immeasurable value to administrative authorities and counsel worldwide engaged in combating air pollution. Moreover, its creative methodology is a signal contribution to the comparative study of environmental law and policy.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c/p\u003e
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