China shifts gears : automakers, oil, pollution, and development /

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Chinese production of automobiles rose from 42,000 cars per year in 1990 to 2.3 million in 2004; the number of passenger vehicles on the road doubled every two and a half years through the 1990s and continues to grow. In China Shifts Gears, Kelly Sims Gallagher identifies an unprecedented opportunit...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Gallagher, Kelly Sims
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2006.
Series:Urban and industrial environments.
Subjects:
Automobile industry and trade > China.
Automobile industry and trade > Environmental aspects > China.
Automobile industry and trade > Energy consumption > China.
Automobiles > Industrie et commerce > Chine.
Automobiles > Industrie et commerce > Aspect de l'environnement > Chine.
Automobiles > Industrie et commerce > Consommation d'énergie > Chine.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > Automobile Industry.
Développement économique.
Développement industriel.
Industrie automobile.
Transfert de technologie.
Protection de l'environnement.
Investissements directs étrangers.
Automobile industry and trade
Automobile industry and trade > Energy consumption
Automobile industry and trade > Environmental aspects
Kraftfahrzeugindustrie
Wirtschaftsentwicklung
Umweltverschmutzung
Energieverbrauch
Auto's.
Milieubeleid.
Technische vernieuwing.
Economische ontwikkeling.
Automobilindustrie > China.
Automobil > Umweltschutz > China.
Umweltschutz > Automobil > China.
Chine.
Etats-Unis d'Amérique.
China
China.
URBANISM/Transportation
ENVIRONMENT/Environmental Politics & Policy
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The energy and environmental dimensions of cars in China
  • Zoom, zoom, zoom : the auto industry and economic development
  • Foreign technology in the development of China's automotive sector
  • Beijing Jeep
  • Shanghai GM
  • Chang'An Ford
  • Technology transfer, energy, and the environment
  • Technology transfer, innovation, and economic development
  • Limits to leapfrogging and how to overcome them : implications for policy, theory, and future research.

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