Challenges for Safe and Healthy Drinking Water in China

Wu, Jianyong

doi:10.1007/s40572-020-00274-5

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“…Especially the alarming smog situation in China’s major cities has been widely discussed and its influence in health damages has been proven by several studies (Liu et al 2018 ). Water and soil pollution are also an issue for serious health concern in China, especially in rural areas (Wu 2020 ).…”

Section: Literature Review and Theoretical Backgroundmentioning

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Motivations behind individuals’ energy efficiency investments and daily energy-saving behavior: The case of China

Perret

Udalov

Fabisch

2021

Int Econ Econ Policy

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The impact of environmental motivations on the individual’s decisions regarding investments in energy efficiency and the adoption of energy-saving habits are analyzed for a representative sample of Chinese inhabitants from the larger Beijing area, replicating a comparative study on Western Europe. For the considered type of energy efficiency investments and daily energy-saving activities similarities and discrepancies between the two regions are discussed in regard to their sociocultural background as well as governmental regulations. The study provides empirical evidence that for Chinese environmental issues if all only play a tertiary role after monetary and regulatory incentives. The findings could suggest that in China policy programs aimed at raising environmental awareness and forming pro-environmental motivations might not lead to an increase in energy efficiency investments and daily energy-saving activities and the Chinese government’s interests in this regard might be better served by implementing corresponding incentives via regulations. In the long-term. However, social peer pressure might affect a change in the Chinese mentality.

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Section: Literature Review and Theoretical Backgroundmentioning

confidence: 99%

Motivations behind individuals’ energy efficiency investments and daily energy-saving behavior: The case of China

Perret

Udalov

Fabisch

2021

Int Econ Econ Policy

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“…The supply of clean drinking water in China is different between urban and rural communities due to concentrating the sources of water resources far from the population density areas (Wu, 2020). The urban and rural disparity is also embodied in income inequality and technology.…”

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How Does the Degree of Export Dependence Affect China’s Clean Drinking Water?

Yahia

Ahmed

ALhassan

2021

Asian Journal of Economic Modelling

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Access to clean drinking water has become an increasingly urgent concern for China's government in the current decade. However, with the continuous economic growth, high export orientation, and investment in infrastructure, the interconnected challenges related to clean drinking water are stressed. This study aims to explore the effects of exports, in addition to such greatest factors affecting clean drinking water in China during 2000-2017. To provide comprehensive results we employ a co-integration approach, and conduct the empirical analysis by applying a semi-parametric regression model. Empirical results show that while the degree of export dependence exerted on clean drinking water negative effects, but has no predictive linear Granger cause. The results from the nonlinear model indicate that the effect of exports on clean drinking water shows an inverted "U-shaped" nonlinear impact in the national and urban levels. This indicates that only in the earlier stages, the degree of export dependence driving clean drinking water, and did not play a promoting role in the later stages. On the contrary, it exerts a positive "U-shaped" pattern at the rural level. The evidence for the impact of income inequality on expanding or contracting access to clean drinking water at overall levels is mixed. Contribution/ Originality:This study contributes to the existing literature on estimating the effect of the degree of export dependence on clean drinking water in China by employing the most robust econometric technique. The uniqueness of the study is examining nonlinear effects of the degree of export dependence in clean drinking water. pollution, energy, and environmental sustainability are stressed, particularly, clean drinking water. In this regard, Rudra (2011) emphasized that about 20% of the world population does not have to receive sufficient drinking water.Water is at the dynamo of economic development: it is essential to grow food, generate power, maintain health, and manage the environment. Clean water is the main target for the achievement of the 2030 development agenda.

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“…The WoS database shows a greater emphasis on collaboration between countries interested in water purification in the last decade. Likewise, China is consolidated as the country with the highest number of publications in both academic databases, its serious problems of contamination of drinking water and underground sources by arsenic and fluoride detected in recent years has guided research in the use of advanced technology for its treatment (Wu, 2020). Fu et al (2013) indicated that the United States of America occupied a leading position among 168 countries/territories, followed by Japan and Germany and that in this last decade continues to lead the United States of America, but there is an increase in other countries such as China that maintains a high ranking with the area of Water Science and Technology, among others (https:// www.scimagojr.com/countryrank.php?category=2312&area=2300&region=Asiatic%20Region) followed by Canada, India, and Spain, the latter being emerging countries.…”

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Scientometric study of drinking water treatments technologies: Present and future challenges

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The knowledge of the tendencies of the drinking water treatments was changing through the previous decades and it is necessary to improve it for the benefit of the human beings. In this sense, the purpose of the study was to develop a scientometric study about the drinking water treatments in the period 2010-2020 for providing the state of art of the studies about the drinking water treatments in diverse knowledge areas and new orientations for future research. For this purpose, a search of the information was performed both in the Web of Science (WoS) and Scopus databases, and all articles and reviews related to the field of water treatment or chemistry were included. The results showed that China, the USA and the Netherlands have the majority of the most cited publications and various related multidisciplinary topics, such as infrastructure, technologies and pollution. Therefore, the study allows concluding that there is a need for research on different technologies that contribute positively to obtaining quality water for consumption and for the use of routine activities, being the combination and integration of the different treatment processes a challenge for future studies.

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Challenges for Safe and Healthy Drinking Water in China

Cited by 45 publications

References 111 publications

Motivations behind individuals’ energy efficiency investments and daily energy-saving behavior: The case of China

Motivations behind individuals’ energy efficiency investments and daily energy-saving behavior: The case of China

How Does the Degree of Export Dependence Affect China’s Clean Drinking Water?

Scientometric study of drinking water treatments technologies: Present and future challenges

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