China and the Environment

The Green Revolution

AvSam Geall

E-bok

Engelska, 2013

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Beskrivning

Sixteen of the world's 20 most polluted cities are in China. A serious water pollution incident occurs once every two-to-three days. China's breakneck growth causes great concern about its global environmental impacts, as others look to China as a source for possible future solutions to climate change. But how are Chinese people really coming to grips with environmental problems? This book provides access to otherwise unknown stories of environmental activism and forms the first real-life account of China and its environmental tensions.'China and the Environment' provides a unique report on the experiences of participatory politics that have emerged in response to environmental problems, rather than focusing only on macro-level ecological issues and their elite responses. Featuring previously untranslated short interviews, extracts from reports and other translated primary documents, the authors argue that going green in China isn't just about carbon targets and energy policy; China's grassroots green defenders are helping to change the country for the better.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2013-04-11
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:256
Filformat:EPUB
Kopieringsskydd:LCP
ISBN:9781780323435
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Serie:Asian Arguments

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Miljövetenskap och miljöpolitik inom Naturvetenskap och teknik

Mer om författaren

Sam Geall is Departmental Lecturer in Human Geography of China at the University of Oxford and Executive Editor of chinadialogue.net. He is an editor of 'Berkshire Encyclopedia of Sustainability 7/10: China, India, and East and Southeast Asia: Assessing Sustainability'. Sam has written for many international publications including The Guardian, Foreign Policy, New Humanist, openDemocracy, Index on Censorship and Green Futures. He is a Fellow of the RSA.

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This is a superb and engaging book that explains how China is grappling with one of the most pressing issues facing our world today. In compelling fashion, the authors introduce us to the activists, journalists and lawyers who are fighting for cleaner air and water, and to the institutional obstacles that remain in their path. This is a must-read for anyone who has heard about an environmental protest in China and wondered not only what the real story behind it was, but also which way the story of China's "green revolution" is heading.

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction: The return of Chinese civil society - Isabel Hilton1. China's environmental journalists: a rainbow confusion - Sam Geall2. The birth of Chinese environmentalism: key campaigns - Olivia Boyd3. The Yangzonghai case: struggling for environmental justice - Adam Moser4. Alchemy of a protest: the case of Xiamen PX - Jonathan Ansfield5. Defending Tiger Leaping Gorge - Liu Jianqiang