抄録
China is faced with a number of environmental problems associated with industrialization and urbanization both taking place rapidly in accordance with the economic development. Worsening of environmental conditions in cities is especially serious, requiring immediate and effective measures. However, the situation differs among cities and analyses based on national averages have limitations. This paper aims in categorizing the cities into groups based on their environmental and economic characteristics, and discusses the situation of urban environment problems in China. It takes up four specific problem areas:(1) industrial pollution in terms of air and water pollution, (2) immigration to cities, (3) improvement of a urban infrastructures, and (4) household wastes. Characterization of cities are made by cluster analysis, and multiple regression analysis used to identify the factors which govern the urban environmental changes. It is suggested that the amount of foreign capital investment have a significant effect to the improvement of environmental conditions in Chinese cities.
