Economic growth and environmental regulation : the People's Republic of China's path to a brighter future

This Volume Assembles A Group Of Eminent Scholars To Look At The Problem Of Growth And Environment From The Perspective Of Environmental Regulation. The Questions Addressed Are: How Does Economic Growth Interact With Regulation, And What Are The Best Approaches To Regulation In Use Today? The Context For The Volume Is The Current Situation In China, Where Twenty Years Of Rapid Growth Have Created A Situation In Which There Are Both Demands For Environmental Regulation And Needs For Choosing A Future Development Path. The Advent Of A Macro-environmental Strategy For China Presents An Opportunity To Ask How And Why China Should Introduce Regulation Into Its Management Of Its Development. The Volume Includes Contributions From Leading Chinese Experts And Established Environmental Economists From Other Countries, Including Timo Goeschl, Ben Groom And Andreas Kontoleon. The Volume Looks At Both The Demand Side Of Environmental Regulation And The Supply Side. The Demand Side Of Regulatory Intervention Examines How Regulation Operates To Supplement Existing Resource-allocation Mechanisms, Via Effective Demand Aggregation And Implementation Mechanisms. The Supply Side Of Regulation Examines How Regulation Operates To Guide Industrial Growth Down Particular Pathways, In The Pursuit Of Managed Development. Both Sides Of Environmental Regulation Involve The Important Issue Of Implementation And Enforcement. This Volume Will Be Of Most Value To Academics And Scholars Of Environmental Economics, Growth Economics, The Chinese Economy And Policy-makers Of Environmental Regulations.--jacket. Economic Growth And Environmental Protection In The People's Republic Of China / Guang Xia, Xiaofei Pei And Xiaoming Yang -- Environmental Kuznets Curves In The People's Republic Of China : Turning Points And Regional Differences / Yi Jiang, Tun Lin And Juzhong Zhuang -- Economic Growth And Environmental Regulation : What Is The Role Of Regulation? / Timothy Swanson -- Air Pollution Control Strategy In The People's Repbulic Of China / Jiming Hao And Shuxiao Wang -- Progress And Experience : Water Pollution Control In The People's Republic Of China / Beidou Xi And Wei Meng -- Strategy Report For Ecosystem Management In The People's Republic Of China's Experience / Jizi Gao And Yongwei Han -- International Experiences In Air Pollution Management / Haakon Vennemo And Shaun Larcom -- International Experience To Inform The People's Republic Of China's Water Pollution And Water Resource Management Policy / Ben Groom -- International Experiences In Ecosystem Management / Andreas Kontoleon -- Institutional Development Of Environmental Management In The People's Republic Of China / Keyon Dong [and Others] -- International Experiences To Inform The People's Republic Of China's Institutional Choices For Environmental Policy / Timo Goeschl -- Recurrent Issues In Environmental Governance / James Salzman -- Conclusion : The Path To A Brighter Future / Tun Lin, James Salzman And Timothy Swanson. Edited By Tun Lin And Timothy Swanson. Includes Index.