Research on the Potential of Resource Saving and Emission Reducing in Anhui Province: Based on Environment Learning Curve

Abstract:

Based on the statistics data from 1990 to 2008 in Anhui province, this article selects four indexes which include energy consumption, SO₂ discharge, water consumption and COD discharge per ten thousand yuan GDP, and establishes environment learning curves of energy consumption and air pollution, water consumption and pollution in Anhui province. According to these models, the potentials of resources saving and pollution reducing in different periods are calculated and analyzed, represented by the decrease of each index when the per capita GDP increase 1000 yuan. The result shows that: (1) With the growth of GDP per capital, each index falls by power exponential model which follows "environmental learning curve", illustrating that the burden of resource and environment was steady declining. (2) The potentials of saving energy resources and reducing pollution in Anhui province gradually descents from 1990 to 2008, illustrating that the reduction in marginal cost by the development of technology is becoming smaller and smaller, and the enhancement of resource using efficiency and pollution reducing efficiency is not unlimited.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 361-363)
• Pages: 1000-1004
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.361-363.1000
• Online since: October 2011
• Authors: Qi Li
• Keywords: Anhui Province, Environmental Burden, Environmental Learning Curve, Potential of Resource Saving and Emission Reducing

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