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An unsustainability issue: the antagonism between fossil energy use and public health in China

Giber, Valeria (2020) An unsustainability issue: the antagonism between fossil energy use and public health in China. ECOCYCLES, 6 (1). pp. 28-38. ISSN 2416-2140

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Abstract

The environmental pollution and human health damages in China reached the point, when the country's policy has to change direction by developing new strategies to substantially increase the share of renewable energy sources in their energy mix and reduce environmental pollution. This research will try to identify the potential variables of the antagonistic conflict regarding the constantly growing energy consumption vs. human health damages and environmental pollution in China. The identification of variables will be carried out through the lens of Sustainable Development Theory. This paper tries to weight the interactions among variables, find the most reactive and influential ones in order to give suggestions to changes in the policy. The interaction among variables will be measured by using the Multi-Attribute Utility Theory and Cross-impact Matrix. Finally, the social vulnerability of the society will be discussed, where serious public health problems occur in case of world health crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic, which is particularly dangerous for those groups, which suffer from respiratory and cardiovascular diseases and immuno-deficiency problems.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: J Political Science / politológia > JA Political science (General) / politológia általában
J Political Science / politológia > JQ Political institutions Asia / politikai intézmények, államigazgatás, Ázsia
Q Science / természettudomány > QH Natural history / természetrajz > QH540 Ecology / ökológia
Depositing User: Dr. Tamas Komives
Date Deposited: 04 May 2020 09:35
Last Modified: 03 Apr 2023 06:48
URI: http://real.mtak.hu/id/eprint/108494

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