Building a green Belt and Road: A systematic review and comparative assessment of the Chinese and English-language literature.

International attention on the environmental impacts of China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is increasing, but little is known internationally about the large corpus of Chinese BRI environmental research. We present the first systematic review of the Chinese and English-language BRI environm...

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Main Authors: Hoong Chen Teo, Ahimsa Campos-Arceiz, Binbin V Li, Mingquan Wu, Alex Mark Lechner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0239009
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spelling doaj-2299bb191af44feba32ca4a132144afb2021-03-03T22:05:12ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032020-01-01159e023900910.1371/journal.pone.0239009Building a green Belt and Road: A systematic review and comparative assessment of the Chinese and English-language literature.Hoong Chen TeoAhimsa Campos-ArceizBinbin V LiMingquan WuAlex Mark LechnerInternational attention on the environmental impacts of China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is increasing, but little is known internationally about the large corpus of Chinese BRI environmental research. We present the first systematic review of the Chinese and English-language BRI environmental research, supported with text mining and sentiment analysis. We found that the research is dominated by Chinese authors writing about BRI routes within China in Chinese, even though concerns around BRI are largely about impacts and benefits within host countries, and the volume of publications in English is recently catching up. Different disciplines and methods are well-represented across languages, apart from specific types of Chinese social science papers. The sentiments of academic research are largely neutral and less polarised than media discourse. We recommend that scientists and practitioners should pay more attention to BRI environmental impacts in developing countries and proactively engage local voices.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0239009
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Alex Mark Lechner
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Binbin V Li
Mingquan Wu
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Building a green Belt and Road: A systematic review and comparative assessment of the Chinese and English-language literature.
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Ahimsa Campos-Arceiz
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title Building a green Belt and Road: A systematic review and comparative assessment of the Chinese and English-language literature.
title_short Building a green Belt and Road: A systematic review and comparative assessment of the Chinese and English-language literature.
title_full Building a green Belt and Road: A systematic review and comparative assessment of the Chinese and English-language literature.
title_fullStr Building a green Belt and Road: A systematic review and comparative assessment of the Chinese and English-language literature.
title_full_unstemmed Building a green Belt and Road: A systematic review and comparative assessment of the Chinese and English-language literature.
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publishDate 2020-01-01
description International attention on the environmental impacts of China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is increasing, but little is known internationally about the large corpus of Chinese BRI environmental research. We present the first systematic review of the Chinese and English-language BRI environmental research, supported with text mining and sentiment analysis. We found that the research is dominated by Chinese authors writing about BRI routes within China in Chinese, even though concerns around BRI are largely about impacts and benefits within host countries, and the volume of publications in English is recently catching up. Different disciplines and methods are well-represented across languages, apart from specific types of Chinese social science papers. The sentiments of academic research are largely neutral and less polarised than media discourse. We recommend that scientists and practitioners should pay more attention to BRI environmental impacts in developing countries and proactively engage local voices.
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