China’s Limits to Growth

2021 ◽  
pp. 107-120
Author(s):  
Peter Drahos
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Climate Change Scenarios ◽  
Military Technology ◽  
Limits To Growth ◽  
Economic Growth Model ◽  
Rapid Economic Growth ◽  
Successful Innovation ◽  
Economic Growth Rates ◽  
Trade Wars

China’s rapid economic growth has taken it closer to the frontiers of ecological collapse. Evidence of the ecological limits of its coal-based economic growth model began to emerge in the 1980s. China’s model did deliver strong economic growth rates and the electrification of its economy. This model also delivered technology spillovers from multinationals, setting the scene for the emergence of a new economic model based more on innovation and environmental sustainability. This new model has started to appear. China’s innovation success threatens US hegemony. Intellectual property rights and trade wars are a proxy for US fears about losing its dominance of innovation and military technology. Successful innovation by China represents the best chance of avoiding the worst climate change scenarios.

China: Energy, Environment, and Limits to Growth

China–India ◽  
2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Minqi Li
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Market Competition ◽  
Social Needs ◽  
Ecological Sustainability ◽  
Water Usage ◽  
Limits To Growth ◽  
Current Trends ◽  
Rapid Economic Growth ◽  
Energy Environment ◽  
Very High

China has achieved rapid economic growth over the past three decades. However, the benefits of growth have not been shared evenly and the growth has been achieved with very high environmental costs. The underlying trends in term of air pollution, water usage and pollution, soil erosion and land degradation, as well as energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions are unsustainable. The current trends could potentially lead to major collapses of China’s as well as the global ecological systems. It is unlikely that the current trends can be reversed within an economic system dominated by private ownership of the means of production and market competition. An alternative system based on democratic planning and social needs may be required for China to deliver ecological sustainability while meeting the population’s basic needs.

scholarly journals Resilience of vernacular and modernising dwellings in three climatic zones to climate change

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Khadeeja Henna ◽  
Aysha Saifudeen ◽  
Monto Mani
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Economic Growth ◽  
Thermal Stresses ◽  
Climate Change Impacts ◽  
Extreme Weather Events ◽  
Climate Change Scenarios ◽  
Rural Settlements ◽  
Climate Resilience ◽  
Rapid Economic Growth ◽  
The Impact

AbstractClimate change impacts buildings in multiple ways, including extreme weather events and thermal stresses. Rural India comprising 65% of the population is characterised by vernacular dwellings evolved over time to passively regulate and maintain comfortable indoors. Increasing modernization in rural habitations (transitions) evident from the ingress of modern materials and electro-mechanical appliances undermines the ability of building envelopes to passively regulate and maintain comfortable indoors. While such trends are deemed good for the economy, their underlying implications in terms of climate change have not been adequately examined. The current study evaluates the climate-resilience of vernacular dwellings and those undergoing transitions in response to three climate-change scenarios, viz, A1B (rapid economic growth fuelled by balanced use of energy sources), A2 (regionally sensitive economic development) and B1 (structured economic growth and adoption of clean and resource efficient technologies). The study examines dwellings characteristic to three rural settlements representing three major climate zones in India and involves both real-time monitoring and simulation-based investigation. The study is novel in investigating the impact of climate change on indoor thermal comfort in rural dwellings, adopting vernacular and modern materials. The study revealed higher resilience of vernacular dwellings in response to climate change.

Chile

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guillermo Cruces ◽  
Gary S. Fields ◽  
David Jaume ◽  
Mariana Viollaz
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Unemployment Rate ◽  
Educational Level ◽  
International Crisis ◽  
Occupational Position ◽  
Rapid Economic Growth ◽  
Poverty And Inequality

During the 2000s Chile achieved rapid economic growth and improved most labour market indicators: the unemployment rate fell; the mix of employment by occupational position and sector improved; the educational level of the employed population, the percentage of registered workers, and labour earnings increased; and all poverty and inequality indicators decreased. The economy suffered a recession during the international crisis of 2008, but recovered quickly. The chapter shows that some labour market indicators were negatively affected by the crisis. The unemployment rate was the only indicator that did not return to its pre-crisis level by the end of the period studied.

What’s Next for a National Infrastructure Policy: An Encore or a Requiem?

2021 ◽  
pp. 1087724X2110146
Author(s):  
Richard G. Little
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Public Policy ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Infrastructure Systems ◽  
Infrastructure Policy ◽  
Policy Objectives ◽  
The Many ◽  
National Infrastructure ◽  
Roll Out

In an essay almost 30 years ago, Professor Dick Netzer of NYU asked the question “Do We Really Need a National Infrastructure Policy?” and came to the conclusion that we did not. As the Biden Administration prepares to roll out a multi-trillion dollar infrastructure package, the nation is faced with numerous questions regarding the infrastructure systems necessary to support continued economic growth and environmental sustainability. The purpose of this essay is to look to recent history for guidance for how to proceed by revisiting the underlying premises of the Netzer essay and reconsider whether a National Infrastructure Policy is needed. Because linking infrastructure to broader public policy objectives could both unite the nation and position it to address the many challenges that the 21st century will present, I believe the idea of a National Infrastructure Policy definitely deserves a second look.

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