{"id":12442,"date":"2015-04-01T08:43:47","date_gmt":"2015-04-01T08:43:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lse.ac.uk\/granthaminstitute\/?post_type=event&p=12442"},"modified":"2024-08-14T15:00:04","modified_gmt":"2024-08-14T14:00:04","slug":"public-lecture-quality-of-life-in-urban-china-economic-growth-and-the-environment","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.lse.ac.uk\/granthaminstitute\/events\/public-lecture-quality-of-life-in-urban-china-economic-growth-and-the-environment\/","title":{"rendered":"Public lecture | Quality of life in urban China: economic growth and the environment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Grantham Research Institute and Department of Geography and Environment Public Lecture<\/h3>\n
Professor Kahn, a leading expert on environmental and urban issues, will examine China’s economic growth to present key issues from his latest research.<\/p>\n
Matthew Kahn is a Professor in the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability.<\/p>\n
Steve Gibbons is Professor of Economic Geography at LSE.<\/p>\n
<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>The podcast of this recording is now available to download <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lse.ac.uk\/newsAndMedia\/videoAndAudio\/channels\/publicLecturesAndEvents\/player.aspx?id=3096\">here. <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The <a title=\"geographyAndEnvironment\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lse.ac.uk\/geographyAndEnvironment\/Home.aspx\">Department of Geography and Environment<\/a> at LSE (<a class=\"link link--external\" title=\"LSEGeography\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LSEGeography\" aria-describedby=\"link-description-new-window\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@LSEGeography<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewbox=\"0 0 16 16\" role=\"img\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M14.42 1.04L3.2.7a.8.8 0 00-.8.76v.1a.8.8 0 00.76.7l9.39.3L.93 14.16c-.3.3-.3.8 0 1.1l.09.08c.3.23.73.2 1.01-.07L13.65 3.65l.29 9.4a.8.8 0 00.8.76.79.79 0 00.77-.8L15.17 1.8a.82.82 0 00-.75-.76z\" fill=\"#2e3152\"><\/path><\/svg><\/a>) is a centre of international academic excellence in economic, urban and development geography, environmental social science and climate change.<\/p>\n<p>The <a title=\"GranthamInstitute\/\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lse.ac.uk\/granthaminstitute\/\">Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment<\/a> (<a class=\"link link--external\" title=\"GRI_LSE\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GRI_LSE\" aria-describedby=\"link-description-new-window\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@GRI_LSE<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewbox=\"0 0 16 16\" role=\"img\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M14.42 1.04L3.2.7a.8.8 0 00-.8.76v.1a.8.8 0 00.76.7l9.39.3L.93 14.16c-.3.3-.3.8 0 1.1l.09.08c.3.23.73.2 1.01-.07L13.65 3.65l.29 9.4a.8.8 0 00.8.76.79.79 0 00.77-.8L15.17 1.8a.82.82 0 00-.75-.76z\" fill=\"#2e3152\"><\/path><\/svg><\/a>) is a research centre at LSE. 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