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This study investigates the potential impact of two environmental tax regimes on the movement of rural people to China …-urban" migration in China. The study finds that both proposed taxes would discourage the flow of migrants from China's countryside to …
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village members in southwestern China's Yunnan province. A survey was done on 600 farmers in 30 administrative villages. A …
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damaged. This problem affects many wetland areas in China. The study is the work of a team of researchers from Renmin … University of China, led by Wu Jian. It assesses the best way to reduce the conflict between wetland water needs and off …
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level ozone pollution is one of the most significant air pollution problems in big cities in China. Because of the complex …
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Electricity Plant in Shenzhen, China. The major findings of this study are that (1) environmental damages caused by electricity … prevention costs. The research results of this project show that China needs to have a more effective levy system on SO2, and a …
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estimates have been made in China to determine the value of the economic benefits brought about by such improvements. In this …
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China began its program of economic reforms in 1978 and has enjoyed double-digit annual growth ever since. Agricultural … Government Report to the National People's Congress on March 5, 1999, identified sustainable development as one of China's two … source of 10 percent of China's industrial wastewater emissions and one-fourth of its chemical oxygen demand. It is the …
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Since the late 1960s, economists have been developing methodologies to measure environmental impacts. Among the approaches most widely used are the travel cost method (TCM) and the contingent valuation method (CVM). Generally, these methods provide a reasonable approximation of the value of a...
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been fully examined and hence, further research is needed. China is rapidly developing. While industrialization has … wastewater disposed in China's urban areas increases by an average annual rate of 6.6 percent. Most wastewater is drained …
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The upper Nanpan river in Qujing city, Yunnan province, China is heavily polluted. Its main stream (122 km long) is …
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