TY - BOOK ID - 30876479 TI - Energy Transitions in Japan and China : Mine Closures, Rail Developments, and Energy Narratives PY - 2017 SN - 9789811016806 9811016801 981101681X PB - [place of publication not identified] Palgrave Macmillan DB - UniCat KW - S10/0523 KW - S10/0805 KW - S10/0815 KW - J4420 KW - J4472 KW - China: Economics, industry and commerce--Power supply (electricity, mining, oil) and computing industry KW - China: Economics, industry and commerce--Transportation and communications: since 1949 KW - China: Economics, industry and commerce--Railways: since 1949 KW - Japan: Economy and industry -- resource industry KW - Japan: Economy and industry -- transportation and infrastructure -- land KW - Economic policy. KW - Asia KW - Economics. KW - Economic Policy. KW - Natural Resource and Energy Economics. KW - Asian Economics. KW - Economic nationalism KW - Economic planning KW - National planning KW - State planning KW - Economics KW - Planning KW - National security KW - Social policy KW - Economic conditions. KW - Natural resources. KW - Asia-Economic conditions. KW - National resources KW - Natural resources KW - Resources, Natural KW - Resource-based communities KW - Resource curse KW - Economic aspects KW - Asia—Economic conditions. KW - Power resources. KW - Energy KW - Energy resources KW - Power supply KW - Energy harvesting KW - Energy industries UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:30876479 AB - 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 vocal middle class in contemporary China, the authorities and state-owned enterprises are studying the use of coal fuels for its future development. In Japan, coal was also an affordable main source of energy for Japan’s early post-war heavy industrialization until it was gradually replaced by oil in the 1960s. The oil shocks of the 1970s compelled Japan to look for cleaner and cheaper fuels, including nuclear power. In these energy transitions from coal to oil and then onto non-fossil fuels, the story of coal power in both countries is highlighted in this publication as a comparative study. This volume is a crucial contribution to the discussion of China's energy reforms, and required reading for scholars of climate change and society. ER -