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We revisit the environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) hypothesis using 1987-1995 data for Chinese provinces. A comparison of off-sample (1996-2004) predictions to actual emissions indicates that more stringent rules are still needed to fight industrial (waste water and dust) pollution. Auxiliary...
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China is faced with the big challenge of maintaining a remarkable economic growth in an environmental friendly manner … find that difference in emissions between regions is narrowed but gap within the Western China is sharply expanding. Then … of 29 provinces ranging from 1995 to 2011. Results show that the peak of per capita carbon dioxide emissions in China …
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River floods are a common natural hazard in Europe, causing high mortality and immense economic damage (EM-DAT 2009). Human-induced climate change will alter intensity and frequency of extreme weather events, hence flood risk (IPCC 2012). While large-scale assessments of flood risk dominate...
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