There is wide agreement in the literature that non-technical factors play a decisive role in the successful implementation of bioenergy projects. One underlying reason is that such projects require the involvement of many stakeholders, such as feedstock producers, engineers, authorities and the...

This book is a volume of essays celebrating the life and work of Yoshiro Higano, professor of Environmental Policy, Doctoral Program in Sustainable Environmental Studies, Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Japan. Prof. Higano’s research strongly focuses...

Along with the rapid economic development of China, carbon dioxide (CO<InlineEquation ID="IEq1"> <EquationSource Format="TEX">$$_{2}$$</EquationSource> <EquationSource Format="MATHML"> <math xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"> <msub> <mrow/> <mn>2</mn> </msub> </math> </EquationSource> </InlineEquation>) emissions will inevitable rise in the future. This will happen even though the Chinese government has made a series of attempts to constrain the CO<InlineEquation ID="IEq2"> <EquationSource Format="TEX">$$_{2}$$</EquationSource> <EquationSource Format="MATHML"> <math xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"> <msub> <mrow/> <mn>2</mn> </msub> </math> </EquationSource> </InlineEquation>-emissions, and is committed to reduce...</equationsource></equationsource></inlineequation></equationsource></equationsource></inlineequation>

This paper attempts to analyze the effects of the government's employment policy on the labor input in the city of Shanghai in China. By including the employment policy factor into the labor input function, this paper estimates Shanghai's concealed unemployment quantitatively. At the same time,...

type="main" xml:lang="es" <title type="main">Resumen</title> <p>Las industrias ganaderas están aumentando rápidamente en las zonas rurales alrededor de las grandes ciudades de China. Este incremento conlleva grandes riesgos para el medio ambiente debido a las emisiones de grandes cantidades de contaminantes del agua y...</p>