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Does an environmental Kuznets curve for waste pollution exist in China?
Kaneko, Shinji; Managi, Shunsuke; Fujii, Hidemichi; … - In: International Journal of Global Environmental Issues 9 (2009) 1/2, pp. 4-19
China is an emerging and leading world economy. The pace of economic change has been tremendously rapid since the … China, no previous study has tested the EKC in China because of the difficulty in obtaining data and the need to adjust the … data. The focus of this paper is to test the EKC in China using province level data over the period 1992-2003. This study …
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Economic growth and the environment in China: an empirical analysis of productivity
Managi, Shunsuke; Kaneko, Shinji - In: International Journal of Global Environmental Issues 6 (2006) 1, pp. 89-133
China is an economic powerhouse with annual economic growth averaging close to 9% over the last 25 years. However, as a … pollution are threatening China's sustainable future. The principal focus of this paper is to measure total factor productivity …-level secondary industry data over the period 1992–2003. The results indicate that although China began implementing new …
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Economic growth and the environment in China: an empirical analysis of productivity
Managi, Shunsuke; Kaneko, Shinji - In: International Journal of Global Environmental Issues 6 (2006) 1, pp. 89-133
China is an economic powerhouse with annual economic growth averaging close to 9% over the last 25 years. However, as a … pollution are threatening China's sustainable future. The principal focus of this paper is to measure total factor productivity …-level secondary industry data over the period 1992â2003. The results indicate that although China began implementing new environmental …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005754013
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Promoting Beneficial Sewage Sludge Utilization in the People's Republic of China
Asian Development Bank; Asian Development Bank (ADB) - 2012
Over the last 15 years, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) has made rapid and sustained progress in constructing and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010823363
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MITIGATING WATER SCARCITY IN ISRAEL – A COMPUTABLE GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS
Luckmann, Jonas; Siddig, Khalid H.A.; Flaig, Dorothee; … - Gesellschaft für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften … - 2012
Water is a scarce resource in Israel. With fluctuating supplies and an increasing demand, the need for using alternative water sources such as reclaimed wastewater, brackish groundwater and desalinated seawater increases. This paper investigates the economy-wide effects of a de-clining supply of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011070461
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Microalgae: a promising tool for carbon sequestration
Singh, Uday; Ahluwalia, A. - In: Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change 18 (2013) 1, pp. 73-95
Increasing trends in global warming already evident, the likelihood of further rise continuing, and their impacts give urgency to addressing carbon sequestration technologies more coherently and effectively. Carbon dioxide (CO<Subscript>2</Subscript>) is responsible for over half the warming potential of all...</subscript>
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Fast increases in urban sewage inputs to rivers of Indonesia
Suwarno, Djoko; Löhr, Ansje; Kroeze, Carolien; … - In: Environment, Development and Sustainability 16 (2014) 5, pp. 1077-1096
We present estimates for nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) sewage inputs to 19 Indonesian rivers for 1970–2050. Future trends are based on the four scenarios of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment. Our results indicate a rapid increase in N and P pollution from sewage over time. In 1970, N and P...
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A Decision Support Methodology for Integrated Urban Water Management in Remote Settlements
Tjandraatmadja, G.; Sharma, A.; Grant, T.; Pamminger, F. - In: Water Resources Management 27 (2013) 2, pp. 433-449
This paper describes a decision support methodology for the selection of a wastewater treatment system based on integrated urban water management principles for a remote settlement with failing septic systems. Thirty-two service and treatment technologies options were considered, these included:...
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Community partnered projects: a case study of a collaborative effort to improve sanitation in a marginalized community in northwest Mexico
Robles-Morua, Agustin; Mayer, Alex; Durfee, Mary - In: Environment, Development and Sustainability 11 (2009) 1, pp. 197-213
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010847174
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Irrigated urban vegetable production in Ghana: characteristics, benefits and risks.
Obuobie, Emmanuel; Keraita, Bernard; Danso, George; … - International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
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