중국의 에너지소비 증가와 환경오염의 관계 : 수질오염을 중심으로

Abstract

As China has moved to a market economy, freeing its economic actors to make money and exploit the country’s natural resources without penalty, it now confronts an environmental crisis. Whether economic development provides opportunities or challenges for environmental protection provokes sharp debate. Someone believe that development is necessarily harmful to the environment, demanding the extraction and consumption of natural resources, such as minerals, oil, and water. Proponents of this thought also point out that levels of pollution rise as economic development proceeds. I can note that in China, the development of rural areas has contributed to alarming levels of municipal waste and pollution from increased pesticide and fertilizer use. My idea is that the market does not properly account for either the use or the abuse of environmental and natural resources. So China’s market and economy continue to develop, this accounting failure becomes magnified and environmental problems increase.