Title:
Low-carbon economics : theory and application
Publication Information:
Singapore : Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., 2014
Physical Description:
xxviii, 440 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
ISBN:
9789814383097
General Note:
"Originally published in Chinese by Social Sciences Academic Press, copyright 2011, [as Di tan jing ji xue = Low-carbon economics]."
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Summary
Summary
This is the first book entitled Low-carbon Economics: Theory and Application. Authored by experts from the Club of Rome, the IPCC, and well-known scholars, economists, environment scientists, specialists, policy-makers from the UK, Australia, Germany, Japan, China, India and Korea, this book provides you with an authoritative analysis of the basic concepts principle theories, methodologies, measures and indexes, econometrical models and statistical analyses. It also serves as a guidance to low-carbon economy city planning and business model. Book jacket.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments | p. v |
Preface | p. xi |
Foreword | p. xv |
About the Editor | p. xxiii |
List of Contributors | p. xxv |
Part 1 Theories and Methodologies for the Low-Carbon Economy | p. 1 |
Chapter 1 Introduction to Low-Carbon Economics | p. 3 |
Chapter 2 Low-Carbon National Economics | p. 19 |
Chapter 3 The Philosophy of Low-Carbon Economy | p. 27 |
Chapter 4 Low-Carbon and Sustainable Development | p. 45 |
Chapter 5 Low-Carbon Political Economy | p. 63 |
Chapter 6 Low-Carbon Growth Theory | p. 77 |
Chapter 7 The Kaya Identity for Carbon Emission Estimation | p. 99 |
Chapter 8 Low-Carbon Econometrics | p. 113 |
Chapter 9 Low-Carbon International EconomicsShijin Liu and Yongsheng Zhang | |
Chapter 10 Low-Carbon Environmental Economics | p. 159 |
Chapter 11 Low-Carbon Development Strategy | p. 175 |
Chapter 12 Low-Carbon Tariff Theory | p. 191 |
Chapter 13 Energy Taxation and Low-Carbon Economy | p. 207 |
Chapter 14 Low-Carbon Economic Indicators | p. 223 |
Chapter 15 Low-Carbon Business Model | p. 239 |
Chapter 16 Low-Carbon Economy of Forest Ecosystems: From the Perspective of Global Climate Change | p. 265 |
Part 2 Strategies and Policies for a Low-Carbon Economy | p. 273 |
Chapter 17 Low-Carbon Economic Policies | p. 275 |
Chapter 18 Low-Carbon Society | p. 285 |
Chapter 19 Toward a Low-Carbon City | p. 303 |
Chapter 20 Low-Carbon Green Growth Strategy | p. 319 |
Chapter 21 Carbon Emissions Trading System | p. 337 |
Chapter 22 Low-Carbon Economic Mechanisim | p. 361 |
Chapter 23 Carbon Kuznets Curve and Its Turning Points | p. 383 |
Chapter 24 Economic Growth and Carbon Emissions | p. 411 |
Index | p. 437 |