Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 332 p)
,
ill
ISBN:
9781849803434
Series Statement:
New horizons in environmental economics
Content:
Over the past two decades, China has become an economic powerhouse. However, as the world's largest producer of CO2 emissions, the scale and seriousness of China's environmental problems are clearly evident. This pioneering book provides an economic analysis of the significant environmental and energy problems facing China in the 21st century
Content:
Introduction : economic growth and the environment -- Environmental Kuznets curve -- Efficiency in environmental management -- Wastewater, waste gas and solid waste -- Foreign direct investment and environmental policies -- Increasing returns to pollution abatement -- Causal direction between pollution abatement and environmental efficiency -- Water and agriculture -- Iron and steel industry -- Stagnancy of energy-related COb2s emissions -- Energy supply-side and demand-side effects -- Experts' judgment on the future perspective -- Conclusion
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781848445505 (hardback)
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1848445504 (alk. paper)
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Managi, Shunsuke, 1975 - Chinese economic development and the environment Cheltenham [u.a.] : Elgar, 2009 ISBN 1848445504
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781848445505
Language:
English
Subjects:
Economics
Keywords:
China
;
Wirtschaftsentwicklung
;
Nachhaltigkeit
;
Umweltpolitik
;
Umweltschutz
DOI:
10.4337/9781849803434
URL:
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