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China's Role in Reducing Carbon Emissions : the Stabilisation of Energy Consumption and the Deployment of Renewable Energy.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Florence :
Taylor and Francis,
2017.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; Notes; 2 An ecological modernisation theory for China and carbon reduction; EM applied to developing countries; EM as applied to China; Some basic characteristics of 'Eurocentric' EM; Modest economic growth levels in a predominantly service-oriented economy; Mobilising green technologies to tackle environmental problems; Environmental governance and technological means; 'Smart' market based means of promoting green technological solutions; Deploying core aspects of EM; Conclusion.
- Notes3 Curbing the concrete; Turning from production to services; The state capitalist economy; The downside of Chinese state capitalism; Rebalancing the economy; Conclusion; Notes; 4 Carbon emissions and energy consumption; Exploding myths about China's carbon profile; China's energy consumption and carbon emissions
- slowdown or decline?; How China could slow and even stabilise its energy consumption; Policies; China's Carbon emissions
- what about the future?; Conclusion; Notes; 5 Pollution: from protest to good governance?; Introduction; Pressure for pollution control; Pollution problems.
- The case of heavy metalsAir pollution in China
- a comparison with the West; Blue skies and red alerts in Beijing; The anti-pollution campaigners; The elite campaigners; The 'official' campaigners; The 'over-enthusiastic' campaigners; Mass demonstrations and violent protests; Governance and pollution; New trends in tackling pollution; Conclusion; Notes; 6 Fuel switching to cut carbon; Fuel switching to non-fossil energy sources; Increasing renewable energy; Wind power; Solar photovoltaics (pv); A contrast between wind power and solar pv in China; Hydroelectricity; Nuclear power.
- Electric cars and storageGovernance and reform of the electricity system; Projecting the future; Conclusion; Notes; 7 Conclusion; Modest economic growth levels in a service-oriented economy; Mobilising green technologies to tackle environmental problems; Environmental governance and agreement about technological means; 'Smart' market based means of promoting green technological solutions pursued in a competitive economic environment; Bibliography; Index.