Preface

Units of Measurement

Acronyms and Abbreviations

Chemical Compounds

Energy Conversion Table

Introduction and Overview
Chris P. Nielsen and Michael B. McElroy

Energy and Emissions

Energy Supply and Development in China
Ni Weidou and Nien Dak Sze

Strategic Options for Reducing C0₂ in China: Improving Energy Efficiency and Using Alternatives to Fossil Fuels
Fang Dong, Debra Lew, Li Ping, Daniel M. Kammen, and Richard Wilson

Living with Coal: Coal-Based Technology Options for China's Electric Power Generating Sector
Fiona E. Murray and Peter P. Rogers

Energy Use and Air-Pollution Impacts of China's Transportation Growth
Xiannuan James Lin and Karen R. Polenske

Environment and Public Health

Industrial Growth, Air Pollution, and Environmental Damage: Complex Challenges for China
Michael B. McElroy

Air Pollution and Its Health Effects in Urban China
Xu Xiping

Indoor Air Pollution from Residential Energy Use in China
Peng Ruicong, Wang Lihua, Wang Hong, He Kebin, and Xu Xiping

Energy and the Economy

China's Economic Growth and Carbon Emissions
Mun S. Ho, Dale W. Jorgenson, and Dwight H. Perkins

Energy Economics in Building a Modern China
Li Jingwen

The Domestic Context

Policymaking for Environmental Protection in China
Wang Hanchen and Liu Bingjiang

Limits of the Law in Addressing China's Environmental Dilemma
William P. Alford and Yuanyuan Shen

The Effectiveness and Efficiency of Environmental Policy in China
Theodore Panayotou

From Heaven-and-Earth to Nature: Chinese Concepts of the Environment and Their Influence on Policy Implementation
Robert P. Weller and Peter K. Bol

International Dimensions

China and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
Abram Chayes and Charlotte J. Kim

The Status and Trend of China's Policies on Climate Change
Wu Baozhong, He Kebin, Fan Yuansheng, and Zhao Weijun

China and International Environmental Institutions: A Decision Rule Analysis
Alastair Iain Johnston

Yen for the Earth: Japan's Pro-active China Environment Policy
Susan J. Pharr and Ming Wan

Foreign Firms in The Chinese Power Sector: Economic and Environmental Impacts
Fiona E. Murray, Forest Reinhardt, and Richard Vietor

Biographical Notes

Index