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2009 | OriginalPaper | Buchkapitel
Environmental and Resource Implications of Chinese Growth: Current Trends and Future Prospects
verfasst von : Xizhe Peng, Kexi Pan, Juan Yu
Erschienen in: Resurgent China
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK
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China is a country rich in natural resources. However, due to its large population size, the per capita availability of many essential natural resources is much less than the corresponding world average. For instance, China’s per capita availability of water, arable land, and mineral resources is only 28, 32, and 50 percent of the corresponding global levels. As the result of her remarkable economic growth, China’s consumption of natural resources has increased very rapidly over the last few decades. Among 45 major natural resources that are essential for industrial development, one quarter has already been in shortage of supply. The shortage of key natural resources is viewed as one of the critical constraints on China’s future economic growth.