Environmental and Resource Implications of Chinese Growth: Current Trends and Future Prospects

Xizhe Peng, Kexi Pan and Juan Yu
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Xizhe Peng: Fudan University
Kexi Pan: Fudan University
Juan Yu: Fudan University

Chapter 12 in Resurgent China, 2009, pp 332-352 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract China is a country rich in natural resources. However, due to its large population size, the per capita availability of many essential natural resources is much less than the corresponding world average. For instance, China’s per capita availability of water, arable land, and mineral resources is only 28, 32, and 50 percent of the corresponding global levels. As the result of her remarkable economic growth, China’s consumption of natural resources has increased very rapidly over the last few decades. Among 45 major natural resources that are essential for industrial development, one quarter has already been in shortage of supply. The shortage of key natural resources is viewed as one of the critical constraints on China’s future economic growth.

Keywords: Ecological Footprint; Coal Resource; Three Gorge Project; Songhua River Basin; Ecological Deficit (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230234253_12

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