Opinion: Gigacity – a source of problems or the new way to sustainable development

Opinion: Gigacity – a source of problems or the new way to sustainable development

The eastern part of China as a whole is practically a gigacity; it is a conglomeration of megacities with circa 650 million inhabitants. The gigacity, with its emissions, processes in pollution cocktail, numerous feedbacks and interactions, has a crucial and big impact on regional air quality within...

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Veröffentlicht in:Atmospheric chemistry and physics 2021-05, Vol.21 (10), p.8313-8322
Hauptverfasser: Kulmala, Markku, Kokkonen, Tom V, Pekkanen, Juha, Paatero, Sami, Petäjä, Tuukka, Kerminen, Veli-Matti, Ding, Aijun
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Aerosols
Air cleanliness
Air pollution
Air quality
Biodiversity
Climate change
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
Epidemics
Food
GDP
Global climate
Gross Domestic Product
Infectious diseases
Megacities
Pollutants
Population density
Sustainability
Sustainable development
Urban areas
Urban heat islands
Urbanization
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Zusammenfassung:The eastern part of China as a whole is practically a gigacity; it is a conglomeration of megacities with circa 650 million inhabitants. The gigacity, with its emissions, processes in pollution cocktail, numerous feedbacks and interactions, has a crucial and big impact on regional air quality within itself and on global climate. A large-scale research and innovation program is needed to meet the interlinked grand challenges in this gigacity and to serve as a platform for finding pathways for sustainable development of the whole globe.
ISSN:1680-7324
1680-7316
1680-7324
DOI:10.5194/acp-21-8313-2021