TY - BOOK AU - Managi,Shunsuke AU - Kaneko,Shinji TI - Chinese economic development and the environment T2 - New horizons in environmental economics SN - 9781848445505 [hardbound] PY - 2009/// CY - Cheltenham, United Kingdom PB - Edward Elgar KW - Economic development KW - Environmental aspects KW - China KW - Environmental policy KW - Energy policy KW - Environmental protection KW - Sustainable development KW - Wirtschaftspolitik KW - swd KW - Umweltschutz KW - Energiepolitik N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Contents: 1 Introduction : economic growth and the environment -- 2 Environmental Kuznets curve -- 3 Efficiency in environmental management -- 4 Wastewater, waste gas and solid waste -- 5 Foreign direct investment and environmental policies -- 6 Increasing returns to pollution abatement -- 7 Causal direction between pollution abatement and environmental efficiency -- 8 Water and agriculture -- 9 Iron and steel industry -- 10 Stagnancy of energy-related CO₂ emissions -- 11 Energy supply-side and demand-side effects -- 12 Experts' judgment on the future perspective -- 13 Conclusion ER -