1st Edition
China's Environment and the Challenge of Sustainable Development
By Kristen A. Day
Copyright 2005
328 Pages
by
Routledge
328 Pages
by
Routledge
328 Pages
by
Routledge
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China has been experiencing extraordinary economic growth for over two decades. Behind the remarkable statistics, however, it is facing a pressing issue: balancing its economic development needs with protecting its environmental resources. The environmental issue in China has a profound impact on the rest of the world as well, in such concerns as global warning and ethical and legal considerations... Read more
List of Illustrative Materials; Foreword, N.T. Wang; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. China's Road to Sustainable Development: An Overview, Cynthia W. Cann, Michael C. Cann, and Gao Shangquan; 2. Public Environmental Consciousness in China: Early Empirical Evidence, Yok-shiu F. Lee; 3. Environmental Law in the People's Republic of China: An Overview Describing Challenges and Providing Insights for Good Governance, Richard J. Ferris Jr. and Hongjun Zhang; 4. Environmental Enforcement in China, Elizabeth Economy; 5. Beyond the Bureaucracy: Changing China's Policymaking Environment, Eric Zusman and Jennifer L. Turner; 6. Emissions Trading to Improve Air Quality in an Industrial City in the People's Republic of China, Richard D. Morgenstern, Piya Abeygunawardena, Robert Anderson, Ruth Greenspan Bell, Alan Krupnick, and Jeremy Schreifels; 7. Environmental Implications of China's Energy Demands: An Overview, Frank Wang and Hongfei Li; 8. Reviving the Scorched Earth? A Snapshot of China's Hazardous Waste Management and Cleaner Production Programs, Dan Millison; 9. Sandy Desertification in North China, Wang Tao and Wu Wei; 10. China's Environment: A Bibliographic Essay, James D. Seymour; About the Editor and Contributors; Index
Biography
Kristen A. Day
