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简介：Alongwiththeprogressofurbanizationandenviron-mentaldeterioration,residents’desireforimprovedairqualityisincreasing.Inordertoquantifyanindividual’swillingness-to-pay(WTP)forimprovedairqualityinJinanofeasternChina,acontingentvaluationmethod(CVM)wasemployed.Asampleof1,500residentswaschosenonthebasisofmultistagesamplingmethodswithface-to-faceinterviewsbyusingaseriesofhypo-thetical,open-endedscenarioquestionswhichweredesignedtoelicittherespondents’WTP.Resultsshowedthat59.7%ofrespondentswereabletoexpresstheirWTPandthemeanWTPis100ChineseYuan(CNY)perpersonperyear.AprobitmodelontheprobabilityofapositiveWTPandaregressionmodelweredevelopedtofindtherelationshipbetweenendogenousvariablesandWTP.Mostparametersintheeconometricanalysishadtheexpectedsign.AnnualhouseholdincomeandexpenditureontreatingrespiratorydiseasessignificantlyinfluenceWTP.TheratesofpositiveWTPandthemonetaryamountarelargerformenthanforwomen.Resultsalsoshowedthatpeoplewholivedinmorepollutedareaswerewillingtopaymoreforcleanair.Unlikedevelopedcountries,cleanairmayonlybeconsideredasapublicgoodinChinainthatmorethan40%ofrespondentshadnoincen-tivetobearthecostsofattemptingtoachievebetterairquality,whichindicatestherelativelylowenvironmentalconsciousness.

简介：Intheanalysisofhowenvironmentalregulationaffectsthecomparativeadvantageoftrade,existingliteratureignoresindustry’sinherentheterogeneity,whichdrawsremarkablydifferentconclusions.Inviewofthis,thepaperanalyzedthemechanismofenvironmentalregulationontheexportqualityofdifferentindustriesfromtheperspectiveoffactorinputstructureheterogeneity.BasedonthepaneldataofChina’smanufacturingindustry,thepaperusedthesystemgeneralizedmethodofmomentsmethodtoexaminetheheterogeneityinfluenceofenvironmentalregulationonmanufacturingexportquality.Thestudyfoundthat,first,environmentalregulationaffectedtheexportqualityupgradeofthemanufacturingsectorthroughoffseteffectandcompensationeffect,andthedirectionoftheimpactwouldmainlydependontheindustry’sfactorinputstructure.Second,forindustrieswithlargerfixed-assetinvestment(FAI)ratiointhefactorinputstructure,thecurrentenvironmentalregulationpolicywasnotconducivetotheexportqualityupgradingoftheindustries.However,therewasasignificantU-shapeddynamicrelationshipbetweenthem.Asenvironmentalregulationsbecamestricter,whenregulatorystringencywentbeyondtheinflectionpoint,thepolicywouldpromotetheupgradingofexportquality.ButforindustrieswithsmallerproportionofFAI,environmentalregulationexertedafavorableimpactontheexportqualityupgrade,followingaJ-shapedmarginalgrowthcurve.Third,forindustrieswithdifferentfactorinputstructure,theirexportqualityhadbeeneffectivelyupgradedasexpectedbyfactorslikehumancapitalinvestment,independentR&D,technologyintroduction,andforeigndirectinvestment;butraisingpercapitacapitalstockandexpandingenterprisesizedidnotproducesignificantdirectimpactonexportqualityupgrade.Theseconclusionsremainedrobustafterusingdifferentmeasurementmethodsandreplacingwithothervariables.Therefore,thispapersuggeststhatgovernmentsshouldt

简介：Waterpollutionisoneofthemajorenvironmentalproblems,especiallyinurbanareas.Duetorapidurbanexpansionandindustrialization,waterpollutioninZhengzhouCity,thecapitalofHenanProvinceincentralChinahasbecomeaseriousproblemforitsdevelopment.Inthisstudy,thesurfacewaterqualitywasevaluatedusingNemerowComprehensivePollutionIndex(NCPI),andthechangetrendwascalculatedusingmethodsofMann-KendalltestandSen’sslopeestimator,basedonthemonitoringdatafrom1998to2008.TheresultsshowthattheNCPIrangedfrom3to50in70%ofthemonitoringcases,implyingthatmostriverswereseriouslypolluted.However,thisseriouspolltuonisexpectedtobegraduallyimproved,astheconcentrationofwaterpollutantsandNCPIdeclinedsignificantlyinmostrivers.Waterpollutioninreservoirswasmuchlowerthanrivers,andtheNCPIinthethreemonitoredreservoirswaslowerthan3inmostyears,andshowsadownwardtrend.Althoughthesurfacewaterqualitywasgraduallyimproved,greateffortsarestillneededtoenhancetheprotectionandimprovementofsurfacewaterenvironment.

简介：Thispaperestablishedanequilibriummodelincludingrepresentativehousehold,government,andeightindustries,andtwodifferentenvironmentalpolicytoolssuchascarbonintensityandcarboncapwereaddedintothemodel.Thepaperpointsoutthatthecarbonintensitypolicyimposedonmajorhigh-emissionindustriesachieveddoubledividendofenvironmentalqualityimprovementandsustainableeconomicgrowthundertheconditionofproperconstrainttarget.ThisresultsupportstheenvironmentalPorterhypothesis.Thispaperfindsoutthatthedoubledividendisduetothefactthatenvironmentalgovernancepolicyleadstotherisingpriceofresourcesanddemandoflabors,resultinginaneffectiveredistributionofproductionfactorsamongindustriesandsustainableeconomicgrowth.Furthermore,thispaperestimatesthemarginaleffectofeconomicstructureoncarbonemissionandcarbonintensityandprovidestargetedsuggestions.

简介：BasedonananalysisofmajorrecentsocialeventsinChina,suchasthe2008BeijingOlympicGames,2010ShanghaiWorldExpo,2014NanjingYouthOlympicGames,and2014BeijingAsiaPacificEconomicCooperationConference,mandatory,temporary,andindemnificatoryquantitativepoliciesaimedatprotectingairquality,whichwerecarriedoutbybothcentralandlocalgovernments,madesubstantialcontributionstochangesandimprovementsinairquality.Tosomeextent,thefindingsshowthatcommandandcontrolmeasuresplayasignificantroleinprotectingairquality,whilethelawandeconomicandvoluntaryenvironmentalsafeguardmeasuresdonotduringmajorsocialevents.Therefore,itremindsustheairqualitycouldandwillimprovenotonlyduringmajorsocialeventsbutalsointheregulardaysifweimplementappropriateenvironmentalpoliciesandsafeguardmeasures.

简介：FragileecologicalenvironmentandpovertycorrelatetoandreinforceeachothercloselyinWesternChina.Atthesametime,WesternChinaisalsothemostprominentareaoftheknowledgeandhumanpovertywithverylowlaborforcequality.OnthebasisofanalyzingthecharacteristicsofpovertyinWesternChina,thispaperstudiesthecouplingrelationshipbetweenfragileecologicalenvironmentandpovertyinWesternChina,includingtheimpactsoffragileenvironmentonpovertyoccurrenceandtheeffectsofecologicalconstructiononpovertyalleviation.Italsoanalyzedhowlowlaborqualitycausespersistentpovertyinthewesternregion.Attheendofthepaper,strategiesofdiversitypovertyalleviationinWesternChinaaresuggestedbasedonsustainabledevelopment,includingeducationimprovement,ecologicalconstruction,industriesdevelopment,infrastructureconstruction,planninginstitutioninnovation,andsoon.

简介：Whenwetrytoestimatefutureenvironmentalcostsresultingfromourcurrenteconomicactivities,weusuallycalculatethepresentvalueoftheconsequencesforourfuturegenerationsbyutilizingadiscountrateasastandardeconomicprocedure.Thepopularityofthisprocedureissolelysupportedbyitssimplicitywhichassumes:(1)aperfectfinancialmarketovereven100years,and(2)existenceofastabletimepreferencebetweentwoconsecutiveperiodsforanindividualconsumer.Anapparentdeficiencyofthisapproachisthatthepresentvalueoflifequalityoffuturegenerationsvariestoalargeextentalonganarbitrarilychosendiscountrate.Asamatteroffact,thediscountrate,whichcouldreflectthetimepreferenceas2%or5%,matterswhenwepredictcurrentstrategiesofenvironmentalprotectionforfuturegenerations.Simplyapplyingadiscountratetoevaluatethequalityofourfuturegeneration,withoutclarifyingtheactualproductionmechanismbehindthis,isalmosttothesameasignoringthefactthatallofthegoodsareproducedthroughanactualproductionprocessandthatenvironmentaldegradationreducestheefficiencyofthatprocess.Thegreatestconcernforourfuturegenerationsshouldnotbegivenbyanassumeddiscountrate,sincethediscountrateitselfisdeterminedbyfinancialmarketconditionsatcertainpointsintime.

简介：Twoopposingintellectualtraditionsandtheircontem-porarydevelopmentsregardingtherelationsamongpopulation,availableresources,andqualityoflifeasreflectedineconomicgrowtharereviewed.Whatisatissueiswhetherpopulationgrowthisdetrimentaltoorbeneficialforeconomicdevelopment.Neitheroftheextremeviewsgivesacompletepictureoftheinterplayamongpopulation,resources,andqualityoflife.Followingpreviousliteratureonthetopic,thispaperestablishesamorebalancedapproachthatconsidersthefunctionlinkingpopulationandqualityoflifenotconstantbutvariableandregardsthelimitednessofresourcesasnotabsolutebutrelativetoregionsandsocieties.Theproposedapproachismoreflexibleinbetterexplainingtherelationbetweenpopulationandeconomicgrowth.Chinaisexaminedasacaseinpointtoshedlightontheinteractionofpopulationgrowth,economicdevelopment,andavailableresources,anditsrecentpost-economicreformexperiencesshowcasetheappropriatenessofthesyntheticapproach.

简介：Theutilizationofreclaimedwatercouldbeanefficienttooltoalleviatewaterscarcity,especiallyfordryriveraugmentation.However,itiscrucialtomonitorwaterqualitytoensuresafetytohumanhealthandtoavoidnegativeeffectsontheenvironment.ReclaimedwatersampleswerecollectedbimonthlyfromMaytoNovemberin2010inChaobaiRiver,andthephysiochemicalparametersweredetermined.Themainresultsareasfollows:Theparametersexceedingthethresholdvalueofthewaterguidelinesaremainlynutritionrelatedtonitrogenandphosphorus,whichareknowntoincreasetheriskofeutrophicationinsurfacewaters.Additionally,nitriteandnitratecanbedetrimentaltohumanhealth.ThemajorityoftheparametershaveapeakingconcentrationinMay,whereasotherseithershowsignificanttemporalvariationovertheentireperiodorremainrelativelyconstantinallfourmonths.Correlationanalysisshowsthatsomeparameters(pH,TandB)havenosignificantcorrelationwithothers,whereassignificantpositivecorrelationwasfoundforSrwithECandTDS,forCIwithTDS,forSi02withTPandforNO3-NwithTNandasignificantnegativecorrelationbetweenSO4andBa.Accordingtoprincipalcomponentanalysis,60.108%ofthetotaldataisrepresentedbydominantsolutes,andthesecondprincipalcomponentwithapercentageof31.876comprisesparametersrelatedtonitrogen.Subsequentclusteranalysisofparametersidentifiedfourgroups,whichrepresentdifferentcompositions,andsamplesinMaydifferfromothers.

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