Current International Research
Regional Energy-Intensity Disparities in Brazil and China
There was approximately 8% increase in energy intensity (energy consumption per unit of output) in Brazil since the early 1980s, whereas the energy intensity in China has declined by more than 65% over the same period. We are conducting analyses at the regional and national levels in both countries to examine the contributing factors, including the use of renewable energies. Because Brazil and China are two of the 10 largest energy consumers in the world, this is an especially important investigation that can contribute to understanding some of the climate-change issues. More...
Land Recycling in China
This project examines China's widespread urban industrial restructuring and land-use transformation efforts. More...
Current Domestic Research
Energy Security Issues of U.S. Food Distribution
This project considers two food policy issues associated with the relationship between the U.S. food and energy sectors. One concerns the ability to prevent or manage the impact of major disruptions to food supplies in the United States regionally and nationally due to a sudden energy-related disruption in food production or to transportation and distribution networks. A second concerns the distributional burdens on households caused by increasing energy requirements for food production and distribution and from increasing and volatile energy prices. Concerning each of these issues, a set of experiments intended to simulate policy-induced behaviors affecting energy use for food GDP are being traced through a numerical simulation model. More...
- Alternative Energy-Efficient and Low-Pollution Township-and-Village-Enterprise and State-Owned-Enterprise Technologies in China, 1998-2005
- The Technology-Energy-Environment-Health (TEEH) Chain in China's Household and Township-and-Village Enterprise Sectors
- An Integrative Model to Examine the Yellow-Dust Problem in North China, Japan, and Korea (More...)
- Analysis of the Sources of Regional Economic Growth in Appalachia's Non-Metropolitan Counties (More...)
- National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST): 2 Millimeter (2 mm) Project (More...)
