Biomass Extraction and Economic Growth in Developing China: 1970-2010
- DOI
- 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.
- Open Access
- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
Cite this article
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 ID - Ma2016/09 ER -