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23 oktober 2017

Introduction to Air Quality in Beijing

In this video, we will zoom-in on the air quality of Chinese cities and Beijing in particular. Today air quality is a widely discussed topic in Beijing and many other cities in China. Dr. Jia Xing from Tsinghua University in Beijing will tell about ‘the haze’ that often hovers above the city and he will introduce you to some of the ways in which the city counters its severe air pollution. LEARNING OBJECTIVE: Explain shocks and stresses on critical services and infrastructures (CSIs) of STE systems resulting from a range of disastrous events. DURATION: 1 short video (~ 6 min long)

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Jia Xing

14 oktober 2017

Citizens and Air Quality in Beijing

Towards the end of the previous video, Gert Spaargaren mentioned the recent increase in online activity by NGOs and Chinese citizens or so called ‘netizens’. Indeed, many Chinese citizens have at some point been engaged in monitoring and measuring air quality themselves. Last couple of years, different datasets and sometimes conflicting interpretations of air quality in China proliferated. The next video addresses the uncertainties with respect to air quality data and how citizens and the government deal with them. In an interview with Fan Yechao, you will learn what citizens in Beijing think of PM2.5 and how they perceive the ways in which air quality problems are addressed by the government. Do they believe that the Chinese government will be effective in creating a ‘blue sky that lasts’ above Beijing? LEARNING OBJECTIVE: Understand and apply tools and methods for analyzing complex governance arrangements and for facilitating meaningful engagement in a multi-actor context. DURATION: 1 short video (~6 min long)

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Gert Spaargaren

5 september 2021

Air Quality in Chinese Cities

This set contains 5 short videos and one student trend report on air quality in Chinese cities: i. Introduction to Living with the Haze (~ 3-min long video) ii. Introduction to Air Quality in Beijing (~ 6-min long video) iii. The Haze in Everyday City Life (~ 8-min long video) iv. Beijing’s Citizens Coping with the Haze (~ 6-min long video) v. Citizens and Air Quality in Beijing (~ 6-min long video) vi. Air Pollution in Shanghai (student trend report)

Various Experts

24 februari 2019

The Haze in everyday city life

Over the past few years, public concern about the health effects of air pollution has increased considerably in China. PM2.5 became a buzzword online and the state of the air quality is a common topic of discussion among citizens. The attention to air pollution and PM2.5 has been fostered by a number of events: The 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, the US Embassy that started tweeting in 2008, PM2.5 concentrations in Beijing, the APEC-conference in 2014, and the launch of the documentary ‘Under the Dome’ in 2015. To get a sense of the impact of the haze on citizens’ everyday lives, we visited some of Beijing’s citizens. We discussed the air quality in their city and how they try to mitigate the negative effects of air pollution. In the next video, you will meet Mrs. Ying. Like many of Beijing’s citizens, she lives with her family and child in an apartment building in a dense urban area. Fan Yechao, PhD candidate in environmental sociology at Renmin University of China, will ask her how she experiences the haze and how she tries to mitigate its negative effects on her and her child. She shows you the facemasks she wears when pollution levels are high and her air purifiers, of which she has three in her apartment. LEARNING OBJECTIVE: Understand and apply tools and methods for analyzing complex governance arrangements and for facilitating meaningful engagement in a multi-actor context. DURATION: 1 short video (~8 min long)

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Fan Yechao

24 juli 2017

Introduction to Living with the Haze

This module is part of the cluster on air quality and energy. We focus on citizens and air quality in Beijing and other Chinese cities. Chinese cities are notorious for air pollution and as you will see, the topic plays a crucial role in citizens’ everyday life. In this video, you will meet the host of this module: prof. Maarten Krol (professor in meteorology and air quality). He will introduce you to this module’s contents. LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Explain shocks and stresses on critical services and infrastructures (CSIs) of STE systems resulting from a range of disastrous events. DURATION: 1 short video (~3 min long)

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Maarten Krol

14 oktober 2017

Beijing's Citizens Coping with the Haze

The story of Mrs. Ying is far from unique. Many citizens shield themselves from the haze and take extreme measures to do so. In this video, prof. Gert Spaargaren will show you the different ways in which Beijing’s citizens try to mitigate the negative effects of air pollution. He will further explore what citizens’ responses mean for structural solutions to the haze and how their responses can be explained by the socio-political contexts of Chinese cities. LEARNING OBJECTIVE: Understand and apply tools and methods for analyzing complex governance arrangements and for facilitating meaningful engagement in a multi-actor context. DURATION: 1 short video (~6 min long)

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Gert Spaargaren

21 augustus 2021

Chinese Cities: Citizen participation in developing resilient and eco-friendly cities

HOW TO NAVIGATE THIS CASE STUDY: First, please refer to the Teacher's Guide using the yellow "View Materials" button on the left pane. The teacher's guide outlines the purpose, contents, approach, case structure, and technical information of this case study. This case study was curated from other independently published open educational resources and from existing materials on this platform. These resources are also organized by domain. At the bottom of each resource's page, you can see both the city case study and SURF Resilience domain to which it belongs. Click on the case study or the domain name to navigate to the case study homepage or SURF Resilience collection, respectively. OVERVIEW: This case study contains a teaching guide, five thematic foci, and a gaming simulation. In this case study, you will dive deeper into the resilience and sustainability in Chinese cities. You will see how issues like air pollution affect citizens' daily lives and how successful policies contribute to sustainability. With a high rate of urbanization, Chinese cities have resorted to using the Sponge City concept to successfully manage water. To deepen your knowledge, you can learn about other shocks and stresses facing Chinese cities in resilience trend reports. Finally, you can bring your knowledge into practice by diving into the game “Creators of Shanghai” which has been developed by TU Delft students.

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Eunice Koid, Claudia Rot, Martine Rutten