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Green Development: Case of Turkey, Norway, and China

Green Development: Case of Turkey, Norway, and China

Bülent Doğru, Hikmet Gülçin Beken
Copyright: © 2016 |Pages: 34
ISBN13: 9781522504405|ISBN10: 1522504400|EISBN13: 9781522504412
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-0440-5.ch009
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Doğru, Bülent, and Hikmet Gülçin Beken. "Green Development: Case of Turkey, Norway, and China." Handbook of Research on Green Economic Development Initiatives and Strategies, edited by M. Mustafa Erdoğdu, et al., IGI Global, 2016, pp. 169-202. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0440-5.ch009

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Doğru, B. & Beken, H. G. (2016). Green Development: Case of Turkey, Norway, and China. In M. Erdoğdu, T. Arun, & I. Ahmad (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Green Economic Development Initiatives and Strategies (pp. 169-202). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0440-5.ch009

Chicago

Doğru, Bülent, and Hikmet Gülçin Beken. "Green Development: Case of Turkey, Norway, and China." In Handbook of Research on Green Economic Development Initiatives and Strategies, edited by M. Mustafa Erdoğdu, Thankom Arun, and Imran Habib Ahmad, 169-202. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2016. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0440-5.ch009

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Abstract

The focus of this chapter is to assess green or sustainable development concept because of its increased importance throughout the world. Droughts, environmental degradation, air pollution, greenhouse gas emissions are important problems that the humankind have been facing since the Industrial Revolution. Renewable energy sources can be used to overcome these problems. The general tendency of modern-day societies is to transform traditional production techniques and development models to new renewable energy sources and also move towards to sustainable development path. Therefore, this study tries to explain current status of Norway, China and Turkey in terms of their renewable energy sources and policy implementations.

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