| Description |
x, 483 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm |
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regular print |
| Contents |
Introduction: Beijing -- [Pt. I.] Southwest: Nature -- 1. Useless Trees - Shangri-La -- 2. Foolish Old Men - The Tibetan Plateau -- 3. Still Waters, Moving Earth - Sichuan -- 4. Fishing with Explosives - Hubei and Guangxi. -- [Pt. II.] southeast: Man -- 5. Made in China? - Guangdong -- 6. Gross Domestic Pollution - Jiangsu and Zhejiang -- 7. From Horizontal Green to Vertical Grey - Chongqing -- 8. Conspicuous Consumption - Shanghai -- [Pt. III.] Northwest: Imbalance -- 9. Why Do So Many People Hate Henan? - Henan -- 10. The Carbon Trap - Shaanxi and Shanxi -- 11. Deserts Would Be Great If It Weren't for All That Sand - Gansu and Ningxia -- 12. Flaming Mountain, Melting Heaven - Xinjiang -- [Pt. IV.] Northeast: Alternatives -- 13. Science versus Maths - Tianjin, Hebei and Liaoning -- 14. Fertility Treatment - Shandong -- 15. An Odd Sort of Dictatorship - Heilongjiang -- 16. Grassroots - Xanadu -- Afterword: Peaking Man |
| Summary |
The story of China's - and the world's - biggest crisis. With foul air, filthy water, rising temperatures and encroaching deserts, China is already suffering an environmental disaster. Now it faces a stark choice: either accept catastrophe, or make radical changes |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 463-472 |
| Subject |
Environmental policy -- China -- Citizen participation.
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Environmental protection -- China.
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| SUBJECT |
China -- Economic conditions -- 2000-
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99010023
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China http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79091151 -- Environmental conditions.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005384
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China -- Politics and government -- 2002- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2004009498
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| Author |
Watts, Jonathan, 1967-
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| ISBN |
0571239811 (paperback) |
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9780571239818 (paperback) |
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