China shifts gears [[electronic resource] ] : automakers, oil, pollution, and development / / Kelly Sims Gallagher

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910452022503321
• Autore: Gallagher Kelly Sims
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, c2006
• ISBN: 0-262-30966-1; 0-262-27338-1; 1-282-09768-7; 9786612097683; 1-4237-8719-6
• Descrizione fisica: x, 219 p. : ill
• Collana: Urban and industrial environments
• Disciplina: 338.4/76292220951
• Soggetti: Automobile industry and trade - China; Automobile industry and trade - Environmental aspects - China; Automobile industry and trade - Energy consumption - China; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [189]-201) and index.
• Sommario/riassunto: Chinese production of automobiles rose from 42,000 cars per year in 1990 to 2.3 million in 2004; the number of passenger vehicles on the road doubled every two and a half years through the 1990's and continues to grow. In China Shifts Gears, Kelly Sims Gallagher identifies an unprecedented opportunity for China to "shift gears" and avoid the usual problems associated with the automobile industry -- including urban air pollution caused by tailpipe emissions, greenhouse gas emissions, and high dependence on oil imports -- while spurring economic development. This transformation will only take place if the Chinese government plays a leadership role in building domestic technological capacity and pushing foreign automakers to transfer cleaner and more energy-efficient technologies to China. If every new car sold in China had the cleanest and most energy-efficient of the automotive technologies already available, urban air pollution could be ; minimized, emissions of climate-altering greenhouse gases would be lower than projected, and the Chinese auto industry would continue to flourish and contribute to China's steady economic development. But so far, Gallagher finds, the opportunity to shift gears has been missed. Gallagher looks in detail at three U.S.-Chinese joint ventures: Beijing Jeep, Shanghai GM, and Chang 'An Ford. These case studies are based on original research, including interviews with 90 government officials, industry representatives, and experts in both countries. Drawing from the case studies, Gallagher explores the larger issues of the environmental and economic effects of technology transfer in the automobile industry and the policy implications of "leapfrogging" to more advanced technology.

The Supai Group of Grand Canyon / / by Edwin D. McKee

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910707086203321
• Autore: McKee Edwin D (Edwin Dinwiddie), <1906-1984, >
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington : , : United States Department of the Interior, Geological Survey, , 1982; Washington : , : United States Government Printing Office, , 1983
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xi, 504 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps
• Collana: Geological survey professional paper ; ; 1173
• Soggetti: Geology, Stratigraphic - Permian; Geology, Stratigraphic - Pennsylvanian; Geology - Arizona - Grand Canyon; Geology; Geology, Stratigraphic; Pennsylvanian Geologic Period; Permian Geologic Period; Arizona Grand Canyon Region
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: "A study of the environment and history of four red bed formations, partly marine and partly continental, that comprise the Supai Group of Grand Canyon, Arizona."
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.