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RECORD NUMBER: 208 OF 1766Main Title | China's environmental crisis : an inquiry into the limits of national development / | |||||||||||
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Author | Smil, Vaclav. | |||||||||||
Publisher | M.E. Sharpe, | |||||||||||
Year Published | 1993 | |||||||||||
OCLC Number | 23939856 | |||||||||||
ISBN | 0873328191; 9780873328197; 1563240416; 9781563240416 | |||||||||||
Subjects | Environmental policy--China ; Economic development--Environmental aspects ; Milieuvraagstuk ; Umweltpolitik--(DE-588)4078523-3 ; Umweltschutz--(DE-588)4061644-7 ; Wirtschaftsentwicklung--(DE-588)4066438-7 ; China--(DE-588)4009937-4 | |||||||||||
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Collation | xix, 257 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm | |||||||||||
Notes | "An East gate book." Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Contents Notes | China Impressions -- China's Environment -- 1. People's Mouths. How Do People Matter? Growing to a Billion. Recent Countercurrents. Coming Generations -- 2. Existential Necessities. Yin-yang of Waters. Changing Farmland. Forests, Grasslands, Wetlands -- 3. China's Modernization. Wealth and Prosperity. Quality of Life. Eating Better. Living Longer. Learning More. Feeling Richer -- 4. Energizing the Advances. Energy for the Countryside. Land, Water, and Energy. Air Pollution. Future Needs. Generation of CO[subscript 2] -- 5. Growing Food. Managing the Land. Irrigating the Fields. Fertilizing the Crops. Farming Without Excess -- 6. Living With the Limits. Realities and Aspirations. Adaptations and Uncertain Prospects. |