Biomass Extraction and Economic Growth in Developing China: 1970-2010

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10.2991/meici-16.2016.183How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Biomass extraction; Economic growth; Decomposition analysis; Decoupling

Abstract

Natural resources, including biomass resources, provide the basis for our life on Earth. The using of them also brings pressure on the environment. It is important for China to analyze the biomass extraction during its economic growth. In this study, we followed the guideline from Eurostat office to compile the account of China's biomass extraction during 1970-2010. Furthermore, using decomposition, we examine factors that have influenced changes in this indicator in China. Results show that China had a rapid increase in DE of biomass, which more than doubled, from 1354 million tons (Mt) to 3229 Mt. The factor of Affluence (A) made the largest contribution, and the improvement of Resource use intensity (T) played an important role in decreasing it. It is suggested to make further efforts to improve the Resource use intensity (T) to decouple China's biomass extraction from economic growth abosolutely.

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© 2016, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Fengmei Ma
AU  - Guangsheng Zhang
AU  - Heming Wang
AU  - Qiang Yue
AU  - Jian Wang
AU  - Tao Du
PY  - 2016/09
DA  - 2016/09
TI  - Biomass Extraction and Economic Growth in Developing China: 1970-2010
BT  - Proceedings of the 2016 6th International Conference on Management, Education, Information and Control (MEICI 2016)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 887
EP  - 891
SN  - 1951-6851
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/meici-16.2016.183
DO  - 10.2991/meici-16.2016.183
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