Electricity reform and sustainable development in China

Land Reform and Sustainable Development

Land reform – the reallocation of rights to establish a more equitable distribution of farmland – can be a powerful strategy for promoting both economic development and environmental quality. This paper surveys land reform strategies, illustrated by the postwar reforms in East Asia and the ‘bottom-up’ land reform today being led by Brazil’s Landless Workers’ Movement. Land reform can reduce rur...

Sustainable Mountain Development in China

Sustainable Electricity Grid Development and the Public: An Economic Approach

Increasingly, local opposition to new electricity grid development projects cause lengthy delays and places financial and practical strain on the projects. The structure of the electricity industry is in transition due to the emergence of smaller but more numerous electricity generation facilities. Also, the general public and local communities are increasingly active and engage with energy and...

Rural Development or Sustainable Development in China: Is China’s Rural Development Sustainable?

2 The map on the title page shows the crop production value of China's cultivated land in Yuan per hectare (Reproduced from: Heilig, 1999). The map shows that there are great divergences in crop productivity between cultivated areas in China. Very " profitable " crop production is possible in the provinces of Hubei, Hunan and parts of Jiangsu. A very poor crop production value is generated in t...

Electricity Reform and Retail Pricing in Texas