Patterns of China's Lost Harmony

A Survey of the Country's Environmental Degradation and Protection

Inbunden, Engelska, 1994

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Beskrivning

The pace of environmental degradation in China has intensified in recent decades. With rapid demographic and economic growth, the current state of degradation has antecedents beginning hundreds of years ago. Patterns of China's Lost Harmony combines historical documentation with contemporary assessment to determine the degree of human impact upon the country's vegetation, soils, water, air and wildlife.This will serve as an important reference tool for understanding the historical scope of environmental degradation and for assessing attempts to control environmental degradation since the 1980s.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1994-06-23
Mått:156 x 234 x 25 mm
Vikt:453 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:344
Förlag:Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:9780415104784

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`If you have a serious interest in China's environment, this book will not disappoint you with its depth of analysis and genuine scholarship. It is also an invaluable reference book.' - South China Morning Post

Innehållsförteckning

1 THE NATURE OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS IN CHINA 2 ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION IN CHINAS PAST 3 VEGETATION REDUCTION IN CHINA SINCE 1949 4 SOIL EROSION, FLOODS AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT IN MINORITY AREAS PATTERNS OF CHINAS LOST HARMONY 5 DESERTIFICATION, GRASSLAND DEGRADATION, WATER SHORTAGES AND SALINISATION-ALKALISATION 6 WATER, SOIL AND SOLID WASTE POLLUTION 8 NATURE CONSERVATION 9 A REGIONAL AND GLOBAL ASSESSMENT OF CHINA'S ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS 10 ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY- PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE

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