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Chinese economic development and the environment / Shunsuke Managi and Shinji Kaneko

By: Contributor(s): Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Book (Online)Language: English Series: New horizons in environmental economics | Edward Elgar E-Book ArchivePublisher: Cheltenham, U.K ; Northampton, Mass : Edward Elgar, 2009Description: 1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 332 p) : illISBN:
  • 9781849803434
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: 9781848445505 (hardback) | 1848445504 (alk. paper) | Erscheint auch als: Chinese economic development and the environment. Druck-Ausgabe Cheltenham [u.a.] : Elgar, 2009. XIII, 332 S.DDC classification:
  • 338.95107 22
RVK: RVK: QG 860LOC classification:
  • HC430.E5
DOI: DOI: 10.4337/9781849803434Online resources: Summary: 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 centurySummary: 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 -- ConclusionPPN: PPN: 1023437929Package identifier: Produktsigel: ZDB-1-EWE
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