Green Transformation and Development

1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-981-329-494-3
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan

Buch, Englisch, 350 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 554 g

Reihe: The Great Transformation of China

This book offers an insiders' view into Chinese plans for a green transformation of the economy of China. Analyzing the pressures, drive, and resistance to this green transformation in China, the book explores the key fields, from green finance and green banking to green consumption and green urbanization. Furthermore, it offers a guide on how government officials will be penalized or rewarded for their successful furtherance of green objectives. This book will be of interest to climate activists, China watchers, architects, and all those invested in a sustainable future.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gu, Shuzhong

Xie, Meie

Zhang, Xinhua

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Nachhaltigkeit
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltmanagement, Umweltökonomie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Volkswirtschaften einzelner Länder und Regionen
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Umweltökonomie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Entwicklungsstudien

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. The Origin and Connotation of Green Development.- 2. Make Full Use of the Experience of International Green Development.- 3. The Pressure of Green Transformation and Development.- 4. The Driving Force of Green Transformation and Development.- 5. The Resistance of Green Transformation and Development.- 6. Finance and Green Transformation and Development.- 7. Finance and Green Transformation and Development.- 8. Consumption and Green Transformation and Development.- 9. Science and Technology and Green Transformation and Development.- 10. New-Type Urbanization and Green Transformation and Development.- 11. Assessment and Green Development Transformation.

Über Autor(innen)

Shuzhong Gu is currently deputy-director and researcher at the Institute of Resources and Environment Policies, China, and vice chairman of the Chinese Society of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning. Gu has a research focus in resource economics, resource safety, resource management, and resource policy.

Meie Xie is currently an associate professor at Yunnan University of Finance and Economics, China, and postdoctoral fellow at the Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Xie focuses on teaching and research in the fields of resource and ecological economics, regional economics, regional development, among others.

Xinhua Zhang is currently a lecturer of the Party Committee School of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China, and postdoctoral fellow at the of Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Zhang focuses on research and teaching in the fields of resource economics, regional economics, among others.