Green chemistry and green engineering in China: drivers, policies and barriers to innovation | |
Matus, Kira J. M.1; Xiao, Xin2; Zimmerman, Julie B.3,4,5 | |
刊名 | JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
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2012-09-01 | |
卷号 | 32期号:0页码:193-203 |
关键词 | Green chemistry Innovation Sustainable development China Circular economy |
ISSN号 | 0959-6526 |
通讯作者 | Matus, KJM |
英文摘要 | With the world's largest population and consistently rapid rates of economic growth, China faces a choice of whether it will move towards a more sustainable development trajectory. This paper identifies the different factors driving innovation in the fields of green chemistry and green engineering in China, which we find to be largely driven by energy efficiency policy, increasingly strict enforcement of pollution regulations, and national attention to cleaner production concepts, such as "circular economy." We also identify seven key barriers to the development and implementation of green chemistry and engineering in China. They are (1) competition between economic growth and environmental agendas, (2) regulatory and bureaucratic barriers, (3) availability of research funding, (4) technical barriers, (5) workforce training, (6) industrial engineering capacity, and (7) economic and financial barriers. Our analysis reveals that the most crucial barriers to green chemistry and engineering innovations in China appear to be those that arise from competing priorities of economic growth and environmental protection as well as the technical challenges that arise from possessing a smaller base of experienced human capital. We find that there is a great deal of potential for both the development of the underlying science, as well as its implementation throughout the chemical enterprise, especially if investment occurs before problems of technological lock-in and sunk costs emerge. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. |
WOS标题词 | Science & Technology ; Technology ; Life Sciences & Biomedicine |
类目[WOS] | Engineering, Environmental ; Environmental Sciences |
研究领域[WOS] | Engineering ; Environmental Sciences & Ecology |
关键词[WOS] | DEVELOPING-COUNTRIES |
收录类别 | SCI ; SSCI |
语种 | 英语 |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000305771600020 |
公开日期 | 2013-10-16 |
内容类型 | 期刊论文 |
版本 | 出版稿 |
源URL | [http://ir.ipe.ac.cn/handle/122111/3570] ![]() |
专题 | 过程工程研究所_湿法冶金清洁生产技术国家工程实验室 |
作者单位 | 1.Univ London London Sch Econ & Polit Sci, Dept Govt, London WC2A 2AE, England 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Proc Engn, Beijing 100190, Peoples R China 3.Yale Univ, Ctr Green Chem & Green Engn, New Haven, CT 06511 USA 4.Yale Univ, Environm Engn Program, New Haven, CT 06520 USA 5.Yale Univ, Sch Forestry & Environm Studies, New Haven, CT 06520 USA |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Matus, Kira J. M.,Xiao, Xin,Zimmerman, Julie B.. Green chemistry and green engineering in China: drivers, policies and barriers to innovation[J]. JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION,2012,32(0):193-203. |
APA | Matus, Kira J. M.,Xiao, Xin,&Zimmerman, Julie B..(2012).Green chemistry and green engineering in China: drivers, policies and barriers to innovation.JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION,32(0),193-203. |
MLA | Matus, Kira J. M.,et al."Green chemistry and green engineering in China: drivers, policies and barriers to innovation".JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION 32.0(2012):193-203. |
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