Yataro Nishiyama’s construction of the No. 1 blast furnace at Kawatetsu Chiba Works changed the history of Japan’s steel industry. To understand this point, we must return to the eve of World War II. As already noted, the steel industry, similar to the coal and other industries, became ...
In the context of globalization and integrated regional development, the cultivations of synergy and networking among cities are common features of regional economic evolution in the new era [1]. Forming urban grouping has been regarded as a key feature of China’s new urbanization initiative [2,...
The Yellow River Basin plays a vital role as an essential barrier and a strategic focal point for agricultural advancement within the confines of China. The progression of China’s economy and society and the maintenance of ecological security depend critically on it [1,2]. As a consequence of...
The development history of the world economy is the development history of backward countries catching up with advanced countries. Countries with relatively backward development can find creative alternatives to the preconditions of industrialization and achieve the same or similar industrialization effect. Co...
The aim of this paper is to present a review of exergy and exergy-economic approaches to evaluate hybrid renewable energy systems in buildings. In the first part of the paper, the methodology of the exergy and exergo-economic analysis is introduced as well as the main performance indicators. ...