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, extreme monsoon rainfall and sea level rise. Water is emerging as a new possible irritant between China and India. For India … diversion projects in Tibet by China is a matter of grave concern for lower riparian states. For China, it is having hidden … requirement of fresh water as the pollution grows and population rise has forced China to have the Tsangpo-Brahmaputra River …
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China’s exceptional economic expansion has led to rising energy demand and pollution as well as other environmental … local level, will also be key to further progress. This Working Paper relates to the 2013 OECD Economic Survey of China (www.oecd.org/eco/surveys/china). …
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Porter Hypothesis states that environmental regulation may lead to win-win opportunities, that is, improve the productivity and reduce the undesirable output simultaneously. Based on directional distance function, this paper proposes a novel dynamic activity analysis model to forecast the...
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China is appraised to have the world's largest exploitable reserves of shale gas, although several legal, regulatory …, environmental and investment-related issues will likely restrain its scope. China's capacity to successfully face these hurdles and … produce commercial shale gas will have a crucial impact on the regional gas market and on China's energy mix, as Beijing …
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China's emerging standing in the world demands a major rethinking of its diplomatic strategies. Given its population … size, geographical scale, economic power and military presence, China is poised to play a larger political role in the … responsibilities. At the same time, environmental stresses caused by China's energy and resources demands have become increasingly …
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household has poor access to water. For testing we use data from rural villages in the China Health and Nutrition Survey. We … areas. -- Education ; gender gaps ; menarche ; water ; China …
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This paper examines the impact of FDI investment on air pollution in China using 286 cities from 2001 through 2007 … deterioration in particular on air quality. Our findings do not support pollution haven hypothesis for China. The findings show that … FDI has no negative impact on the air quality in China. Contrary to expectations, the presence of FDI investment reduces …
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In the early 1990s, the People's Republic of China opened its urban water sector to nonstate capital to help meet …
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cities in the People's Republic of China in the 2000s. First, we find that peer cities' water tariff levels have a …
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Using the data of 30 provinces from 1998 to 2016 in China, this paper estimates the water rebound effect in …
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