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School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China

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Case study
Published: 12 April 2021 in Environment, Development and Sustainability
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China’s cross-border pollution problem has attracted a growing level of attention from the domestic and international community. The elimination of environmental pollution greatly depends on professional environmental protection companies. China’s environmental protection industry has sustained a rapid growth with 26.9% annual growing rate of output value since 2011. To effectively discover the potential investment fields and regions, this study examines the spatial distribution of 53 A-Share Listed Environmental Companies (ASLEC) in China and their 927 subsidiaries. Methods of hot spot analysis, Pearson’s correlation analysis and coarsened exact matching were employed in our paper to reveal the spatial distribution characteristics of environmental protection industry and their main influencing indicators. Results show that ASLEC invested over US$ 13 billion distributed in 210 cities in China in 2017. Treatment of wastewater and municipal solid waste related to traditional water supply, drainage and sanitation are the main businesses of the environmental protection industry in China. This is because these businesses belong to conventional urban municipal works with low technological requirement and high economic return. Therefore, the government should support those environmental protection businesses with fine technology, such as air pollution prevention and industrial waste control. Our study also reveals that there is a strong and positive correlation between municipal indicators and environmental protection investment. This indicates that the municipal works attract much more investment of environmental protection companies than heavy industries. The eastern region of China remains a hot spot for investment whereas the investment in the western region increased significantly in 2017. The potential of future development will be located in the central and western regions. For serious air pollution and large-scale industrial transfer from eastern regions to the central and western regions in China, there is lack of industrialization environmental protection capacity to fulfill the ambitious national pollution reduction target. This opportunity implies to attract more investments from international environmental protection companies.

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Lien-Chieh Lee; Yuan Wang; Guozhu Mao; Jian Zuo; Zhibin Wang; Musa J. Sanyang; George Zillante; Yun Sun; Tan Xu. Spatial characteristic of environmental protection businesses: a study of A-Share Listed Environmental Companies in China. Environment, Development and Sustainability 2021, 1 -20.

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Lien-Chieh Lee, Yuan Wang, Guozhu Mao, Jian Zuo, Zhibin Wang, Musa J. Sanyang, George Zillante, Yun Sun, Tan Xu. Spatial characteristic of environmental protection businesses: a study of A-Share Listed Environmental Companies in China. Environment, Development and Sustainability. 2021; ():1-20.

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Lien-Chieh Lee; Yuan Wang; Guozhu Mao; Jian Zuo; Zhibin Wang; Musa J. Sanyang; George Zillante; Yun Sun; Tan Xu. 2021. "Spatial characteristic of environmental protection businesses: a study of A-Share Listed Environmental Companies in China." Environment, Development and Sustainability , no. : 1-20.

Journal article
Published: 19 January 2021 in Science of The Total Environment
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Since the most stringent-ever clean air policy was implemented in 2013 in China, main industrial air pollutant emissions have notably decreased. However, there are few studies on air pollutant emissions of industrial sectors driven by supply chain before and after implementing this policy. This paper attempts to provide a new perspective from industrial linkage to understand the emission of air pollutants. Based on Input-Output model framework, we revealed the linkages of SO2 and NOx emissions between sectors from 2012 to 2017 and the driving forces behind emission changes. Moreover, we simulated the possible impact of the key sector linkages on air pollutant emissions. Results show that the most noteworthy change during this period is that the metal melting sector has replaced the power sector, as the largest pollutant output emission sector associated with other sectors, especially the transport equipment sector. The main reason of this phenomena is that the emission intensity reduction rate of metal smelting sector (e.g., only 17% for NOx) is far less than other sectors. In the future, the development of the equipment manufacturing may put pressure on the metal smelting sector to reduce emissions. For example, when the transport equipment sector increases total output by 20% ~ 40%, the metal smelting sector will be driven to emit 0.04Mt ~0.08Mt of NOx. This paper provides a basis to quantitatively analyze the industrial sector linkages and identify the key sectors from 2012–2017, and helps decision makers better understand the impact of sector linkage on pollutant emissions.

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Lanxin Zhang; Yuan Wang; Cuiyang Feng; Sai Liang; Yu Liu; Huibin Du; Ning Jia. Understanding the industrial NOx and SO2 pollutant emissions in China from sector linkage perspective. Science of The Total Environment 2021, 770, 145242 .

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Lanxin Zhang, Yuan Wang, Cuiyang Feng, Sai Liang, Yu Liu, Huibin Du, Ning Jia. Understanding the industrial NOx and SO2 pollutant emissions in China from sector linkage perspective. Science of The Total Environment. 2021; 770 ():145242.

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Lanxin Zhang; Yuan Wang; Cuiyang Feng; Sai Liang; Yu Liu; Huibin Du; Ning Jia. 2021. "Understanding the industrial NOx and SO2 pollutant emissions in China from sector linkage perspective." Science of The Total Environment 770, no. : 145242.

Journal article
Published: 14 September 2020 in Resources, Conservation and Recycling
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The tourism industry contributes significantly to the growth of the global economy and is considered to be strongly associated with a large amounts of water and energy consumption. In this study, the tourism water footprint (TWF) and the tourism energy footprint (TEF) of 138 sectors were investigated to examine the water-energy-food (W-E-F) nexus in the Chinese tourism industry from 2012 to 2017 by developing the water- and energy-based environmentally extended input-output analysis with the tourism satellite account. This study revealed that the W-E-F supply groups consumed total 15,556 million m3 of water and 4,964 million tce of energy to support the Chinese tourism industry. The largest contributor to the total TWF is the indirect water use from the food supply group (65%), while the largest proportion of total TEF is contributed by the direct energy use from 11 tourism direct sectors (63%), most especially the air transport sector. A much larger growth of the tourism industry was observed in 2017 compared to that of 2012. The structure decomposition analysis revealed that the growth of the overall water and energy consumption of China tourism is mainly driven by the growth of the total tourism expenditure, i.e. the scale effect. It is the same case for the food supply group associated with the Chinese tourism industry. In contrast, the contribution of the changes to the tourism expenditure composition is relatively low. Furthermore, the growth in water and energy consumption can be offset effectively by reducing the water and energy use coefficient and adjusting the economic production structure of tourism and its associated food supply group. In sum, the food supply and air transport sectors play a crucial role in the water-energy-food nexus of the tourism industry. Therefore, in the future, focus should be placed on improving the water and energy use efficiency of these sectors as well as enhancing their production structures.

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Lien-Chieh Lee; Yuan Wang; Jian Zuo. The nexus of water-energy-food in China's tourism industry. Resources, Conservation and Recycling 2020, 164, 105157 -105157.

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Lien-Chieh Lee, Yuan Wang, Jian Zuo. The nexus of water-energy-food in China's tourism industry. Resources, Conservation and Recycling. 2020; 164 ():105157-105157.

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Lien-Chieh Lee; Yuan Wang; Jian Zuo. 2020. "The nexus of water-energy-food in China's tourism industry." Resources, Conservation and Recycling 164, no. : 105157-105157.

Journal article
Published: 01 June 2020 in Journal of Cleaner Production
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Potential conflict is increasing between rapid energy demand and poorly endowed water resources in China. From perspective of life cycle assessment, water footprints of five electricity types (sourced from thermal, hydro, nuclear, wind and solar power) were explored, evaluated and compared. It indicated that direct water consumption and water consumption of upstream stages are important for thermal and renewable electricity to reduce their water consumption in electricity generation. In the inter-provincial electricity transmission, virtual water totaled 2.99✕109(Gm3) in 2013, to which virtual waters via thermal, hydro-, nuclear, wind and solar power contributed 28.87%, 71.02%, 0.03%, 0.08% and 0.01%. The maximum virtual water flow is from Southern and Central China Grid (such as Sichuan and Hubei) to Eastern China Grid (such as Shanghai). However, when considering the Water Stress Index, the proportion of virtual scarce water in hydropower decreases to 52.1%, while that of thermal power generation reach 47.4%. The maximum virtual scarce water flow become the Northwest and Northeastern China Grid (such as Inner Mongolia) to Northern China Grid (such as Hebei). Foreseeable electricity transmission will be dominated by transferring from West to East, and the ongoing long-distance electricity transmission projects will enlarge the scale of virtual water outflows from western regions and potentially increase their water stress. It is necessary to improve effective of water resource management and policy making for hydropower in southwestern region and thermal power in northwestern region.

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Like Wang; Yuan Wang; Lien-Chieh Lee. Life cycle water consumption embodied in inter-provincial electricity transmission in China. Journal of Cleaner Production 2020, 269, 122455 .

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Like Wang, Yuan Wang, Lien-Chieh Lee. Life cycle water consumption embodied in inter-provincial electricity transmission in China. Journal of Cleaner Production. 2020; 269 ():122455.

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Like Wang; Yuan Wang; Lien-Chieh Lee. 2020. "Life cycle water consumption embodied in inter-provincial electricity transmission in China." Journal of Cleaner Production 269, no. : 122455.

Journal article
Published: 19 September 2019 in Journal of Cleaner Production
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In China, as a kind of important precursors to cause PM2.5 and O3 pollution, nitrogen oxides (NOX) have attracted a large attention. From the perspective of electricity-related NOx generation, the aggregate nitrogen oxides generation intensity (ANI) is decomposed temporally and spatially based on the LMDI method. At the country level, ANI in China dropped significantly from 2.90 g NOX/kWh to 2.15 g NOX/kWh from 2000 to 2016. The temporal and spatial decomposition results showed that the major driving forces are the clean energy penetration (Ucp) and thermal power generation efficiency (Uint), which decreased ANI by 10.5% and 7.74% during the study period, respectively. Ucp in the southwestern, central and northwestern regions were the main contributors for ANI reduction. Uint in the eastern region was the main contributor in reducing ANI. Based on our findings, it is suggested to provide different NOX emission reduction policies for different provinces. Thus, these approaches will improve initiatives of reducing NOX emission from source.

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Like Wang; Yuan Wang; He He; Yaling Lu; Zhihua Zhou. Driving force analysis of the nitrogen oxides intensity related to electricity sector in China based on the LMDI method. Journal of Cleaner Production 2019, 242, 118364 .

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Like Wang, Yuan Wang, He He, Yaling Lu, Zhihua Zhou. Driving force analysis of the nitrogen oxides intensity related to electricity sector in China based on the LMDI method. Journal of Cleaner Production. 2019; 242 ():118364.

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Like Wang; Yuan Wang; He He; Yaling Lu; Zhihua Zhou. 2019. "Driving force analysis of the nitrogen oxides intensity related to electricity sector in China based on the LMDI method." Journal of Cleaner Production 242, no. : 118364.

Journal article
Published: 12 March 2019 in Energy
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The objective of this study is an analysis of the relationship between the transportation sector and the rest of the Chinese economy as it impacts the generation of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. Using data from input-output tables of China for 2002, 2007, and 2012, the hypothetical extraction method (HEM) was used to quantify these inter-sectoral linkages and decompose the CO2 emissions associated with each transport modal sub-sector (i.e. the rail, road, water, and air sub-sectors). The transport services required by other sectors of the economy are found to induce more carbon emissions than the emissions associated with transportation’s own final demands. As the principal CO2 emitter, the road sub-sector’s export of CO2 emissions increased substantially from 11.31 to 55.22 million tons (Mt) between 2002 and 2012. In contrast, technological advances within the rail sub-sector resulted in a net decrease in exported CO2 emissions, from 9.99 Mt to 5.16 Mt. Taken as a whole, the transportation sector transferred large CO2 emissions through the economy’s various supply chains, notably exporting to the service (63.78 Mt in 2012) and construction (83.88 Mt in 2012) sectors while importing a large amount of CO2 emissions from the nation’s energy producing industry (223.52 Mt in 2012).

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Huibin Du; Zhenni Chen; Binbin Peng; Frank Southworth; Shoufeng Ma; Yuan Wang. What drives CO2 emissions from the transport sector? A linkage analysis. Energy 2019, 175, 195 -204.

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Huibin Du, Zhenni Chen, Binbin Peng, Frank Southworth, Shoufeng Ma, Yuan Wang. What drives CO2 emissions from the transport sector? A linkage analysis. Energy. 2019; 175 ():195-204.

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Huibin Du; Zhenni Chen; Binbin Peng; Frank Southworth; Shoufeng Ma; Yuan Wang. 2019. "What drives CO2 emissions from the transport sector? A linkage analysis." Energy 175, no. : 195-204.

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Published: 13 December 2018 in Journal of Cleaner Production
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Cobenefits between water and energy are always pursued for urban planning since their consumption has a significant influence on each resource. To achieve the optimal conservation of both resources, i.e., reducing energy consumption while resolving water resource problems, this study established a new water resource allocation optimization tool with traditional water resources (such as surface water and ground water) and untraditional water resources (such as reclaimed water and desalinated water) using a multiobjective model with an evolutionary algorithm, which minimized the water consumption of freshwater and lowered the energy consumption of the system. To validate the model, the water resource system in Tianjin, one of the metropolitans in China, was simulated to provide the optimal water and energy conservation plan on a Pareto frontier. Our results suggest that at least 17% of current freshwater consumption could be decreased with less energy contribution by using imported water and a centralized supply in Tianjin. Furthermore, a minimum of 3.15 kWh of energy input would be required to save 1 m3 of fresh water with the assumption of linear regression fitting of the Pareto frontier in the water allocation plan. In addition, a sensitivity analysis was performed to determine the effects of variations in the demand/supply volumes as well as the energy supply involved in untraditional water resources. Thus, our optimization model can help policy makers identify water and energy cobenefits under different water allocation plans and provide valuable references for the optimization of the water and energy nexus.

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Jinjing Gao; Chenlong Li; Peng Zhao; Hongwei Zhang; Guozhu Mao; Yuan Wang. Insights into water-energy cobenefits and trade-offs in water resource management. Journal of Cleaner Production 2018, 213, 1188 -1203.

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Jinjing Gao, Chenlong Li, Peng Zhao, Hongwei Zhang, Guozhu Mao, Yuan Wang. Insights into water-energy cobenefits and trade-offs in water resource management. Journal of Cleaner Production. 2018; 213 ():1188-1203.

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Jinjing Gao; Chenlong Li; Peng Zhao; Hongwei Zhang; Guozhu Mao; Yuan Wang. 2018. "Insights into water-energy cobenefits and trade-offs in water resource management." Journal of Cleaner Production 213, no. : 1188-1203.

Journal article
Published: 15 November 2018 in Waste Management
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Waste generation is linked to consumption both in households (Final demand) and in the supply chain. Gaining understanding into the driving forces that change of waste generation in the supply chain can contribute to solving issues of waste management. The environmentally-extend input-output model is an effective tool with which to investigate the relationship between economic activities and waste generation. In this paper structural decomposition analysis (SDA) is employed to analyse the determinants of changes of waste generation in Australian economy from 2007–2008 to 2013–2014. Empirical results indicate that the major determinant for the increase of waste generation was change in Final demand’s overall level of economic activity. Changes in the production mix of Final demand (mix effect) was responsible for a decrease of waste generation in Australian economy during the period. The Manufacturing sector was found to have the highest waste generation intensity. Meaning that each million $AUD output of the Manufacturing sector resulted in the most amount of waste generation. In addition, technological change has contributed the largest waste generation effect for the Construction sector in 2011–2012. These findings suggest that Final demand, technological changes and sectoral changes are identified as the drivers of Australian waste generation historically. To reduce waste generation, policy must be targeted at altering behaviour of consumption and waste generation, and increasing innovation of new ecological technologies for Australian industry.

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He He; Christian John Reynolds; Zixiang Zhou; Yuan Wang; John Boland. Changes of waste generation in Australia: Insights from structural decomposition analysis. Waste Management 2018, 83, 142 -150.

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He He, Christian John Reynolds, Zixiang Zhou, Yuan Wang, John Boland. Changes of waste generation in Australia: Insights from structural decomposition analysis. Waste Management. 2018; 83 ():142-150.

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He He; Christian John Reynolds; Zixiang Zhou; Yuan Wang; John Boland. 2018. "Changes of waste generation in Australia: Insights from structural decomposition analysis." Waste Management 83, no. : 142-150.

Journal article
Published: 08 August 2018 in Science of The Total Environment
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Incineration is well used to treat municipal solid wastes (MSW)s but is difficult to treat sewage sludge (SS) because it requires a large amount of heat to remove high content of moisture in SS. Over 50 billion tons of SS are discharged annually in China, and the need for a better waste treatment strategy is urgent. This paper is to introduce a waste disposal technology referring to the integrated treatment of MSW and SS. Four scenarios were analyzed including Mono-incineration of MSW (Case 1) and SS (Case 2), co-incineration of SS and MSW by traditional (Case 3) and integrated ways (Case 4), in terms of environment, energy and economic impact by means of LCA, CED and TEA method. From the environmental perspective, the top four mid-point categories involving the largest effect on four cases are N-C (non-carcinogens), OLD (Ozone Layer Depletion), TET (Terrestrial eco-toxicity), and GWP (Global Warming Potential). Case 4 has the most positive effect on climate change and resources (−1.44 kg CO2 eq and −18 MJ, respectively) according to end-point categories. From the view of energy, Case 4 shows the best performance of energy efficiency, and significantly saved the non-renewable energy (0.21 t coal per ton feedstock compared with Case 3). From the economic part, Case 4 is preferentially potential with the best profit, cutting down 79.08% of cost in coal than that in Case 3. These results provide understandings of developing an effective approach for co-treating MSW and SS in the near future.

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Guanyi Chen; Xutong Wang; Jiao Li; Beibei Yan; Yuan Wang; Xiao Wu; Rosita Velichkova; Zhanjun Cheng; Wenchao Ma. Environmental, energy, and economic analysis of integrated treatment of municipal solid waste and sewage sludge: A case study in China. Science of The Total Environment 2018, 647, 1433 -1443.

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Guanyi Chen, Xutong Wang, Jiao Li, Beibei Yan, Yuan Wang, Xiao Wu, Rosita Velichkova, Zhanjun Cheng, Wenchao Ma. Environmental, energy, and economic analysis of integrated treatment of municipal solid waste and sewage sludge: A case study in China. Science of The Total Environment. 2018; 647 ():1433-1443.

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Guanyi Chen; Xutong Wang; Jiao Li; Beibei Yan; Yuan Wang; Xiao Wu; Rosita Velichkova; Zhanjun Cheng; Wenchao Ma. 2018. "Environmental, energy, and economic analysis of integrated treatment of municipal solid waste and sewage sludge: A case study in China." Science of The Total Environment 647, no. : 1433-1443.

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Published: 18 May 2018 in Sustainability
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Previous studies investigated greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions embodied in the trade of large groups of products by using the input–output model. However, very little attention was paid from the product’s perspective via the bottom-up process-based life cycle assessment (LCA) model. In this paper via the process-based LCA approach, GHG emissions embodied in the computer trade between China and its major trade partners were examined over the period 2002 to 2013. Results revealed that China has been the largest net exporter of GHG emissions related to computers over the last decade, where portable computer products made up the main share. In 2002, the largest trade flow of GHG emissions embodied in computers was from Taiwan to the USA, while in 2013 it was from China to the USA. Moreover, technological innovation and geographical variability were taken into consideration as emission factors of computers, as well as the uncertainty analysis. This study found that the main driver of computer-related emissions embodied in international trade is industry transfer. The actual production of computers has shifted steadily away from the USA, firstly to Taiwan and ASEAN, but now almost entirely to China. Results of this study suggest that reduction of carbon emission is destined to be a global responsibility.

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Lien-Chieh Lee; Yuan Wang; Yuanyuan Yan; Jian Zuo. Greenhouse Gas Emissions Embodied in the Chinese International Trade of Computer Products. Sustainability 2018, 10, 1623 .

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Lien-Chieh Lee, Yuan Wang, Yuanyuan Yan, Jian Zuo. Greenhouse Gas Emissions Embodied in the Chinese International Trade of Computer Products. Sustainability. 2018; 10 (5):1623.

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Lien-Chieh Lee; Yuan Wang; Yuanyuan Yan; Jian Zuo. 2018. "Greenhouse Gas Emissions Embodied in the Chinese International Trade of Computer Products." Sustainability 10, no. 5: 1623.

Review
Published: 14 April 2018 in Sustainability
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As two indispensable resources for human development, energy and water are closely related. China, as the world’s largest consumer of electricity, is also experiencing very serious water shortages. Understanding the water consumption intensity in various types of electric power production technologies according to China’s national conditions is a prerequisite for understanding the potential impact of electrical power production on water resources. Therefore, following the steps of a meta-analysis, this paper provides a literature review on operational water withdrawal and consumption factors for electricity generation technology in China. We observed that 50% of water consumption for electricity generation was for coal power, whereas there was no research on the water consumption intensity of natural gas power generation, and a shortage of studies on water intake during electrical power production. The average water consumption intensity of hydropower is the largest. The results indicate that compared with other fuel types, hydropower is not a sustainable energy with respect to water conservation, and the study of hydropower applications should be improved in China.

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Jinjing Gao; Peng Zhao; Hongwei Zhang; Guozhu Mao; Yuan Wang. Operational Water Withdrawal and Consumption Factors for Electricity Generation Technology in China—A Literature Review. Sustainability 2018, 10, 1181 .

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Jinjing Gao, Peng Zhao, Hongwei Zhang, Guozhu Mao, Yuan Wang. Operational Water Withdrawal and Consumption Factors for Electricity Generation Technology in China—A Literature Review. Sustainability. 2018; 10 (4):1181.

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Jinjing Gao; Peng Zhao; Hongwei Zhang; Guozhu Mao; Yuan Wang. 2018. "Operational Water Withdrawal and Consumption Factors for Electricity Generation Technology in China—A Literature Review." Sustainability 10, no. 4: 1181.

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Published: 01 November 2017 in Journal of Environmental Management
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To investigate the driving forces of air pollution in China, the changes in linkages amongst inter-industrial air pollutant emissions were analyzed by hypothetical extraction method under the input-output framework. Results showed that the emissions of SO2, soot and dust from industrial sources increased by 56.46%, 36.95% and 11.69% respectively in 2010, compared with 2002. As major contributors to emissions, the power and gas sectors were responsible for the growing SO2 emissions, the nonmetal products sector for soot emissions, and the metals mining, smelting and pressing sectors for dust emissions. The increasing volume of emissions was mainly driven by the growing demand in the transport equipment and electrical equipment sectors. In addition, the expansion in the metals mining, smelting and pressing sectors could result in even more severe air pollution. Therefore, potential effective strategies to control air pollution in China are: (1) reducing the demand of major import sectors in the equipment manufacturing industry; (2) promoting R&D in low-emissions-production technologies to the power and gas sectors, the metals mining, smelting and pressing sectors, and the nonmetal products sector, and (3) auditing the considerable industrial scale expansion in the metals mining, smelting and pressing sectors and optimizing the industrial structure.

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Weiwei He; Yuan Wang; Jian Zuo; Yincheng Luo. Sectoral linkage analysis of three main air pollutants in China's industry: Comparing 2010 with 2002. Journal of Environmental Management 2017, 202, 232 -241.

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Weiwei He, Yuan Wang, Jian Zuo, Yincheng Luo. Sectoral linkage analysis of three main air pollutants in China's industry: Comparing 2010 with 2002. Journal of Environmental Management. 2017; 202 ():232-241.

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Weiwei He; Yuan Wang; Jian Zuo; Yincheng Luo. 2017. "Sectoral linkage analysis of three main air pollutants in China's industry: Comparing 2010 with 2002." Journal of Environmental Management 202, no. : 232-241.

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Published: 29 May 2017 in Scientometrics
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A bibliometric analysis based on Web of Science was carried out to provide a critical analysis of the literature on atmospheric pollution sources during 2006–2015. The result showed that particulate matter represented the core of this research field, and methods of source apportionment such as positive matrix factorization were the mainstream techniques. Five clusters were identified from the keywords network with central node of particulate matter, traffic, heavy metal, elemental carbon and renewable energy respectively. The hotspots and their relationships were illustrated to describe the characteristics of this research field. The USA and China took the leading position, however, their research emphasis were health effect and characteristics of pollutants respectively. International collaboration was mostly conducted within Asia–Pacific countries, and EU countries. For journals, Atmospheric Environment was most productive during the study period while Environmental Science and Technology had highest impact factor in 2015. This study provides an effective approach to obtain a general knowledge of the atmospheric pollution sources and supports a deeper understanding of research directions in the future.

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Yixi Li; Yuan Wang; Xue Rui; Yaxiu Li; Yang Li; Huanzhi Wang; Jian Zuo; Yindong Tong. Sources of atmospheric pollution: a bibliometric analysis. Scientometrics 2017, 112, 1025 -1045.

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Yixi Li, Yuan Wang, Xue Rui, Yaxiu Li, Yang Li, Huanzhi Wang, Jian Zuo, Yindong Tong. Sources of atmospheric pollution: a bibliometric analysis. Scientometrics. 2017; 112 (2):1025-1045.

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Yixi Li; Yuan Wang; Xue Rui; Yaxiu Li; Yang Li; Huanzhi Wang; Jian Zuo; Yindong Tong. 2017. "Sources of atmospheric pollution: a bibliometric analysis." Scientometrics 112, no. 2: 1025-1045.

Review
Published: 17 March 2017 in Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
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This study aims to examine the literature related to the building life cycle assessment (LCA) that are published from 2000 to 2014 by means of bibliometric methods based on databases of the Science Citation Index and Social Science Citation Index. Of 2025 retrieved publications, 95% were journal articles. The patterns of these articles were investigated such as subject categories, journals, countries, institutions, hot topics and the most highly cited articles. The results showed a rapid growth of building LCA related publications with the USA being the leading country in terms of contributing to the largest number of articles and possessing the greatest influence. Norwegian University Science and Technology is the leading university in terms of building LCA research, which is followed by University of California at Berkeley. All the top 15 institutions possess a favorable cooperative relationship with other institutions. Most journal articles were associated with energy (521 articles), followed by material (388), sustainability (304), carbon (299) and technology with 180. According to the comprehensive analysis of the keywords, it can be concluded that subtopics such as energy, materials, environmental impacts and sustainable development will be prominent directions of future building LCA research, while life cycle costing and life cycle inventory will continue to be the common research methods. These findings help to identify hotspots in the building LCA research. Similarly, this study provides useful inputs for the decision making on the subtopic selection and publication strategy in the building LCA research.

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Shengnan Geng; Yuan Wang; Jian Zuo; Zhihua Zhou; Huibin Du; Guozhu Mao. Building life cycle assessment research: A review by bibliometric analysis. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 2017, 76, 176 -184.

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Shengnan Geng, Yuan Wang, Jian Zuo, Zhihua Zhou, Huibin Du, Guozhu Mao. Building life cycle assessment research: A review by bibliometric analysis. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 2017; 76 ():176-184.

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Shengnan Geng; Yuan Wang; Jian Zuo; Zhihua Zhou; Huibin Du; Guozhu Mao. 2017. "Building life cycle assessment research: A review by bibliometric analysis." Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 76, no. : 176-184.