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Environmental and resource sustainability of Chinese cities: A review of issues, policies, practices and effects / Rui Wang. Natural Resources Forum, published online 16 march 2011http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1477-8947.2011.01378.xThis paper synthesizes the English literature on current issues,  policies and practices, and their effects on environmental and resource  sustainability in China's ongoing urbanization. Aspects of urban  sustainability reviewed include air, water, solid waste, energy  efficiency, transportation and land use. It shows that Chinese cities  have been and probably will continue to be struggling with issues such  as air pollution, scarcity of clean water, solid waste and greenhouse  gas emissions. But there are many opportunities for improvement. It  suggests shortages of existing policies and major gaps in knowledge and  practice, which can be helpful to policy makers, planners and  researchers in China and other developing countries. (© Rui Wang)