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The Delhi Metro (DM) is a mass rapid transit system serving the National Capital Region of India. It is also the world's first rail project to earn carbon credits under the Clean Development Mechanism of the United Nations for reductions inCO 2emissions. We analyze whether the DM led to...
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Zusammenfassung Mobilität und Tourismus hängen zusammen; insofern werden auch die Treibhausgas-Emissionen im Tourismus maßgeblich vom Verkehr verursacht, wobei das Ausmaß der Treibhausgas-Emissionen vom gewählten Verkehrsmittel bei der Anreise abhängt. Für die Anreise der...
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Purpose – This paper seeks to examine the impact of foreign direct investments (FDI) on air pollution in China using … pollution in particular after China joined to World Trade Organization in 2001. This paper provides a better understanding of … – The findings show that FDI has no negative impact on the air quality in China. Contrary to expectations, the presence of …
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fuel Chongqing's growth which has in turn brought about air pollution and acid rain. Findings – The authorities are now … China's major urban centres.  …
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’ survey in rural China conducted by the Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy, Chinese Academy of Sciences, in 2010. A …
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, symbolizing both power and wisdom, had a natural affinity with the lakes and rivers of China where it was believed to reside. The … metaphor for China itself: vast and powerful, beautiful and mysterious. However, the image of the dragon as a benevolent … when the cost of China's rapid industrialization is weighed up against the price paid by China's air and water quality, and …
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Purpose – The rapid economic growth of China has attracted the attention of economists, researchers and politicians …. China is one of the largest economies in the world, with its gross domestic product (GDP) rising on an average above 9 … significant problem that economic growth causes. The purpose of this paper is to explore China's carbon emissions during 1960 …
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The general objectives of environmental protection by the year 2000 are: o basic control of environmental pollution o … with respect to: (1) cities and economic areas; (2) industrial pollution; (3) pollution and construction of rural …
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The problems of water supply of China in 2000 are revealed by statistical data. It is shown that 450 cities will be … increase in organic pollutants, the number and size of cities, the pollution of utrient and colon bacillus, the decrease in the …
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The association between the extent of pollution disclosures and economic performance of firms belonging to four highly … pollution disclosures, a disclosure index has been developed. The results do not indicate a significant association between the … economic performance and pollution disclosures for the total sample. However, when the sample is segmented by industry group, a …
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