China's environmental crisis : an inquiry into the limits of national development /: an inquiry into the limits of national development. (©1993)
- Record Type:
- Book
- Title:
- China's environmental crisis : an inquiry into the limits of national development /: an inquiry into the limits of national development. (©1993)
- Main Title:
- China's environmental crisis : an inquiry into the limits of national development
- Further Information:
- Note: By Vaclav Smil.
- Other Names:
- Smil, Vaclav
- Contents:
- 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.
- Publisher Details:
- Armonk, N.Y : M.E. Sharpe
- Publication Date:
- 1993
- Copyright Date:
- 1993
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (xix, 257 pages), illustrations
- Subjects:
- 363.7/0951
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination & Race Relations
Environmental policy -- China
Economic development -- Environmental aspects
Desarrollo económico -- Aspectos ambientales
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Infrastructure
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General
Economic development -- Environmental aspects
Environmental policy
Milieuvraagstuk
Umweltpolitik
Umweltschutz
Wirtschaftsentwicklung
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS
CHINA
China
China
Electronic books - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9781315288390
1315288397 - Related ISBNs:
- 0873328191
9780873328197
1563240416
9781563240416
9781315288406
1315288400 - Notes:
- Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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