The Technology-Energy-Environment-Health (TEEH) Chain in China A Case Study of Cokemaking /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Polenske, Karen R. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2006.
• Series: Alliance for Global Sustainability Bookseries, 8
• Subjects: Engineering.; Energy policy.; Energy and state.; Energy industries.; Pollution prevention.; Environmental economics.; Regional economics.; Spatial economics.; Energy Economics.; Industrial Pollution Prevention.; Regional/Spatial Science.; Environmental Economics.; Energy Policy, Economics and Management.

Since 1997, the AGS China cokemaking team has been examining the rapidly changing relationships among technology, energy, the environment, and health (TEEH) in one of China's most energy-intensive and highly polluting industries--cokemaking. The team has developed analytical tools and methods t...

Table of Contents:

• The Coke Industry in China
• Alternative Cokemaking Technologies in Shanxi Province
• Energy-Intensity Structural Decomposition Analysis: China and Shanxi Province
• Energy Efficiency and Profitability Differences: State-Owned Versus Township-and-Village Enterprises
• Modeling Cost and Pollution of Coal and Coke Transportation in Shanxi Province
• Human Exposure to Ultrafine Particulates in the Cokemaking Industry in Shanxi Province
• A Socioeconomic Perspective on Cokemaking in Shanxi Province
• Conclusion.