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Empirical Research on Environmental Policies in China

China Towards Decarbonization and Recycle Economy

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Editors:
  1. Kiyoshi Fujikawa

    1. Faculty of Economics, Aichi Gakuin University, Nagoya, Japan

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  • Focuses on climate change and waste management, pressing environmental issues in China
  • Analyzes environmental and economic effects of policies in addition to analyzing the policies themselves
  • Uses empirical analysis methods that are applicable to other countries and regions

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This book presents an empirical study of the effects of environmental policies on China and its neighboring countries, with a focus on waste and climate policies in China. The two major carbon policies have to do with carbon markets and renewable energy. The authors first examine the effectiveness of the Asian carbon market. Because of the consumption of goods beyond provincial borders, nationwide carbon markets are rather difficult to operate; therefore, a desirable initial allocation in the carbon market is proposed in this book. As for renewable power, its sources have not been fully utilized owing to a regional mismatch of supply and demand, so optimal locations of renewable energy are shown. 

The book also contains an analysis of the environmental and economic impacts of changes in resource circulation in East Asia. Although motorization is advancing rapidly, the vein industry for recycling used cars has not progressed. The authors estimate the amount of materials from used cars including new energy vehicles (electric and fuel cell vehicles) and propose desirable policies for used vehicles. East Asia is interdependent with respect to carbon and waste as well as the economy. China has regulated the import of waste recently and has started recycling its own wastes, putting pressure on neigboring countries to recycle their waste domestically. The authors estimate the environmental and economic impacts of such policy changes. 

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Environmental Policies in China

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Climate Policies in China: Renewable Energy Introduction and National Emissions Trading Scheme

      • Jiayang Wang, Yiyi Ju, Kiyoshi Fujikawa
      Pages 3-18

    3. Introduction of Extended Producer Responsibility in China

      • Yang Li, Kiyoshi Fujikawa
      Pages 19-36

    4. Plastic Recycling Policy in China and the Waste Plastic Trade

      • Tadashi Hayashi
      Pages 37-54

  3. Industrial Structure and CO2 Emissions in China

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 55-55
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    2. Change of Industrial Structure and CO2 Emissions in China

      • Zuoyi Ye, Kiyoshi Fujikawa
      Pages 57-75

    3. Productivity and Eenergy Efficiency of Chinese Industries

      • Takatoshi Watanabe, Kiyoshi Fujikawa
      Pages 77-95
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Faculty of Economics, Aichi Gakuin University, Nagoya, Japan

    Kiyoshi Fujikawa

About the editor

Kiyoshi Fujikawa is currently a professor of economics at Aichi Gakuin University, Nagoya, Japan. He has over 30 years of research experience in the field\s of environmental economics, development economics, international economics, and more in Nagoya University and Konan University. He got his PhD in economics at Kobe University in 2000. Besides those universities, he also has served as a visiting researcher at the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) of the Cabinet Office, the Institute of Population and Social Security Research (IPSS), and the Study Group on Economic Evaluation of Culture and Arts in the Agency for Cultural Affairs. He has served as President of the Pan-Pacific Association of Input-Output Studies (PAPAIOS), and as a board member of the Society of Environmental Economic Policy Studies (SEEPS). Outside academia, he has worked for a Statistician in the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) in the United Nations.                            

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Empirical Research on Environmental Policies in China

  • Book Subtitle: China Towards Decarbonization and Recycle Economy

  • Editors: Kiyoshi Fujikawa

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-5957-0

  • Publisher: Springer Singapore

  • eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2023

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-99-5956-3Published: 09 January 2024

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-981-99-5959-4Due: 22 January 2025

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-99-5957-0Published: 08 January 2024

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 173

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Environmental Economics, Regional/Spatial Science, Environmental Policy

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