Synopses & Reviews
As China develops its booming, fossil fuel-powered economy, is it taking lessons from the history of Western industrialization and the unforeseen environmental harms that accompanied it? Given the risks of climate change, is there an imperative, shared responsibility to help China respond to the environmental effects of its coal dependence? By linking global hazards to local air pollution concerns--from indoor stove smoke to burgeoning ground-level ozone--this volume of eighteen studies seeks integrated strategies to address simultaneously a range of harmful emissions. Counterbalancing the scientific inquiry are key chapters on China's unique legal, institutional, political, and cultural factors in effective pollution control.
Energizing China, the stage-setting publication of an ongoing program of Harvard-China research collaboration, is distinguished by its conceptual breadth and spirit of exchange. Its contributors include twenty-two Western and seventeen Chinese scholars with a disciplinary reach that includes science, public health, engineering, economics, public policy, law, business, and China studies.
Synopsis
As China develops its booming, fossil fuel-powered economy, is it taking lessons from the history of Western industrialization and the unforeseen environmental harms that accompanied it? Given the risks of climate change, is there an imperative, shared responsibility to help China respond to the environmental effects of its coal dependence? By linking global hazards to local air pollution concerns--from indoor stove smoke to burgeoning ground-level ozone--this volume of eighteen studies seeks integrated strategies to address simultaneously a range of harmful emissions. Counterbalancing the scientific inquiry are key chapters on China's unique legal, institutional, political, and cultural factors in effective pollution control.
"Energizing China," the stage-setting publication of an ongoing program of Harvard-China research collaboration, is distinguished by its conceptual breadth and spirit of exchange. Its contributors include twenty-two Western and seventeen Chinese scholars with a disciplinary reach that includes science, public health, engineering, economics, public policy, law, business, and China studies.
Table of Contents
Preface
Units of Measurement
Acronyms and Abbreviations
Chemical Compounds
Energy Conversion Table
Introduction and Overview
Chris P. Nielsen and Michael B. McElroy
Energy and Emissions
Energy Supply and Development in China
Ni Weidou and Nien Dak Sze
Strategic Options for Reducing C02 in China: Improving Energy Efficiency and Using Alternatives to Fossil Fuels
Fang Dong, Debra Lew, Li Ping, Daniel M. Kammen, and Richard Wilson
Living with Coal: Coal-Based Technology Options for China's Electric Power Generating Sector
Fiona E. Murray and Peter P. Rogers
Energy Use and Air-Pollution Impacts of China's Transportation Growth
Xiannuan James Lin and Karen R. Polenske
Environment and Public Health
Industrial Growth, Air Pollution, and Environmental Damage: Complex Challenges for China
Michael B. McElroy
Air Pollution and Its Health Effects in Urban China
Xu Xiping
Indoor Air Pollution from Residential Energy Use in China
Peng Ruicong, Wang Lihua, Wang Hong, He Kebin, and Xu Xiping
Energy and the Economy
China's Economic Growth and Carbon Emissions
Mun S. Ho, Dale W. Jorgenson, and Dwight H. Perkins
Energy Economics in Building a Modern China
Li Jingwen
The Domestic Context
Policymaking for Environmental Protection in China
Wang Hanchen and Liu Bingjiang
Limits of the Law in Addressing China's Environmental Dilemma
William P. Alford and Yuanyuan Shen
The Effectiveness and Efficiency of Environmental Policy in China
Theodore Panayotou
From Heaven-and-Earth to Nature: Chinese Concepts of the Environment and Their Influence on Policy Implementation
Robert P. Weller and Peter K. Bol
International Dimensions
China and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
Abram Chayes and Charlotte J. Kim
The Status and Trend of China's Policies on Climate Change
Wu Baozhong, He Kebin, Fan Yuansheng, and Zhao Weijun
China and International Environmental Institutions: A Decision Rule Analysis
Alastair Iain Johnston
Yen for the Earth: Japan's Pro-active China Environment Policy
Susan J. Pharr and Ming Wan
Foreign Firms in The Chinese Power Sector: Economic and Environmental Impacts
Fiona E. Murray, Forest Reinhardt, and Richard Vietor
Biographical Notes
Index