Energizing China

by McElroy, Michael B.; Nielsen, Chris P.; Lydon, Peter

• ISBN13: 9780674253292
• ISBN10: 0674253299
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-12-01
• Publisher: Harvard Univ Pr

Summary

engineering, economics, public policy, law, business, and China studies.

Table of Contents

PREFACE	I	(6)
UNITS OF MEASUREMENT	VII	(2)
ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS	IX	(6)
CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS	XV	(1)
ENERGY CONVERSION TABLE	XVI
1. Introduction and Overview	1	(66)
Chris P. NIELSEN
Michael B. McELROY
ENERGY AND EMISSIONS	67	(174)
2. Energy Supply and Development in China	67	(52)
NI Weidou
Nien Dak SZE
3. Strategic Options for Reducing CO(2) in China: Improving Energy Efficiency and Using Alternatives to Fossil Fuels	119	(48)
FANG Dong
Debra LEW
LI Ping
Daniel M. KAMMEN
Richard WILSON
4. Living with Coal: Coal-Based Technology Options for China's Electric Power Generating Sector	167	(34)
Fiona E. MURRAY
Peter P. ROGERS
5. Energy Use and Air-Pollution Impacts of China's Transportation Growth	201	(40)
Xiannuan James LIN
Karen R. POLENSKE
ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC HEALTH	241	(60)
6. Industrial Growth, Air Pollution, and Environmental Damage: Complex Challenges for China	241	(26)
Michael B. McELROY
7. Air Pollution and Its Health Effects in Urban China	267	(20)
XU Xiping
8. Indoor Air Pollution from Residential Energy Use in China	287	(14)
PENG Ruicong
WANG Lihua
WANG Hong
HE Kebin
XU Xiping
ENERGY AND THE ECONOMY	301	(70)
9. China's Economic Growth and Carbon Emissions	301	(42)
Mun S. HO
Dale W. JORGENSON
Dwight H. PERKINS
10. Energy Economics in Building a Modern China	343	(28)
LI Jingwen
THE DOMESTIC CONTEXT	371	(132)
11. Policymaking for Environmental Protection in China	371	(34)
WANG Hanchen
LIU Bingjiang
12. Limits of the Law in Addressing China's Environmental Dilemma	405	(26)
William P. ALFORD
Yuanyuan SHEN
13. The Effectiveness and Efficiency of Environmental Policy in China	431	(42)
Theodore PANAYOTOU
14. From Heaven-and-Earth to Nature: Chinese Concepts of the Environment and Their Influence on Policy Implementation	473	(30)
Robert P. WELLER
Peter K. BOL
INTERNATIONAL DIMENSIONS	503	(190)
15. China and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change	503	(38)
Abram CHAYES
Charlotte J. KIM
16. The Status and Trend of China's Policies on Climate Change	541	(14)
WU Baozhong
HE Kebin
FAN Yuansheng
ZHAO Weijun
17. China and International Environmental Institutions: A Decision Rule Analysis	555	(46)
Alastair Iain JOHNSTON
18. Yen for the Earth: Japan's Pro-active China Environment Policy	601	(38)
Susan J. PHARR
Ming WAN
19. Foreign Firms in The Chinese Power Sector: Economic and Environmental Impacts	639	(54)
Fiona E. MURRAY
Forest REINHARDT
Richard VIETOR
Biographical Notes	693	(10)
Index	703