Energy Transitions in Japan and China: Mine Closures, Rail Developments, and Energy Narratives

by Tai Wei Lim

Book Overview

This volume focuses on the topic of energy transitions in the coal mining industries of China and Japan by adopting a Sino-Japanese comparative approach in area studies to examine the experiences between the two major East Asian economies. In China, rapid industrialization led to dramatic growth in energy demand and much of this energy demand was fueled by affordable coal energy. With growing social concerns about the environment and an increasingly...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9811016801
• ISBN13: 9789811016806
• Release Date: November 2016
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 242 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 8.7"