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China's dilemma : economic growth, the environment and climate change / Ligang Song and Wing Thye Woo, editors.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Climatic changes--China.
- Climatic changes.
- China--Economic conditions--2000-.
- China.
- China--Economic policy--2000-.
- China--Environmental conditions.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (447 p.)
- Edition:
- 2nd ed.
- Place of Publication:
- [Canberra] : Anu E Press : Asia Pacific Press ; [Washington, D.C.] : Brookings Institution Press ; [Beijing, China] : Social Sciences Academic Press (China), c2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The economic growth of China is clearly one of the defining trends of our time. The world's most populous nation is undergoing a vast transformation that will redefine the global economy. Chinese industrial production has increased tremendously in recent years, and its consumption of resources has necessarily gone way up as well. These developments will have important impacts on economics, business, politics, and environmental conditions throughout the world.In China's Dilemma: Economic Growth, the Environment, and Climate Change, an international group of authorities examines the present stat
- Contents:
- China's dilemmas in the 21st century / Ligang Song and Wing Thye Woo
- pt. 1. Economic growth : determinants and prospects. Will China fall into stagflation? / Yiping Huang
- American and European financial shocks : implications for Chinese economic performance / Rod Tyers and Iain Bain
- Global production sharing and US-China trade relations / Prema-chandra Athukorala and Nobuaki Yamashita
- Rebalancing equity and efficiency for sustained growth / Justin Yifu Lin
- Rural-urban migrants : a driving force for growth / Xiadong Gong ... [et al.]
- Rethinking thirty years of reform in China : implications for economic performance / Xiaolu Wang
- pt. 2. Impact of environment degradation and climate change. China's rapid emissions growth and global climate change policy / Ross Garnaut, Frank Jotzo and Stephen Howes
- China can grow and still help prevent the tragedy of the CO₂ commons / Warwick McKibbin, Peter J. Wilcoxen and Wing Thye Woo
- The political economy of emissions reduction in China : are incentives for low carbon growth compatible? / Cai Fang and Du Yang
- The environmental consequences of foreign direct investment in China / Qun Bao, Yuanyuan Chen, and Ligang Song
- The impact of global warming on Chinese wheat productivity / Liangzhi You ... [et al.]
- Understanding the water crisis in northern China : how do farmers and the government respond? / Jinxia Wang ... [et al.]
- The impact of air pollution on mortality in Shanghai / Health and Mortality Transition in Shanghai Project Research Team
- pt. 3. Energy use, the environment and future trends. Energy and environment in China / Kejun Jiang and Xiulian Hu
- Chinese urban household energy requirements and CO₂ emissions / Jane Golley, Dominic Meagher and Xin Meng
- Can China's coal industry be reconciled with the environment? / Xunpeng Shi
- Emissions and economic development : must China choose? / Peter Sheehan and Fiona Sun.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9786612131523
- 9781282131521
- 1282131524
- 9780815701927
- 0815701926
- OCLC:
- 430819042
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