1st Edition

China Geographer No. 12: The Environment

Edited By Clifton W. Pannell Copyright 1985
    186 Pages
    by Routledge

    186 Pages
    by Routledge

    This book seeks to promote better understanding of China through improved knowledge of its geography. It presents papers on a variety of environmental topics in China ranging from earthquake hazards to nature preserves. New research techniques and analytical methodologies are also presented.

    Preface -- Management of Earthquake Hazard: The Program of Earthquake Forecasting in China, 1966–1976 -- The Effects of Forest on Water and Soil Conservation in the Loess Plateau of China -- Assessment of Potential Agricultural Land in Western China with a Geographic Information System (GIS) -- The Changing Rural Landscape of China: A Study of Gaohe Xian, Guangdong -- Urban Environmental Quality in China: A Luxury or a Necessity? -- Water Resources Development and Its Environmental Impact in Beijing1 -- Nature Preserves and Protected Wildlife in the People's Republic of China1 -- Environmental Problems and the Development of Chinese Fisheries1 -- Book Reviews