1st Edition
Prospects for Sustainable Development in the Chinese Countryside The Political Economy of Chinese Ecological Agriculture
By Richard Sanders
Copyright 2000
240 Pages
by
Routledge
240 Pages
by
Routledge
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This title was first published in 2000: An examination of the potential for Chinese ecological agriculture providing a basis for sustainable development in the Chinese countryside. Richard Sanders involves primary research in seven villages and four countries in China that have adopted ecological agriculture. He examines the concept of sustainable development generally and analyses China’s... Read more
Contents: The problems in context; Growth, development and sustainability; Developments in the Chinese rural political economy, 1949-1998; Rural reforms and the sustainability of the Chinese rural political economy; The Peoples Republic of China: the environment and environmental protection; Chinese ecological agriculture: Shengtai Nongye; Research in the Chinese countryside; Case studies; Conclusions; References.
Biography
Richard Sanders
’The villages and counties that Sanders visited...display sufficient ecological and economic variety to give a good impression of activities at this level. The descriptions and analyses of his case studies consitute half the book...all of which makes for fascinating reading.’ The China Journal 'Sanders conducts in-depth case studies...His field work clearly shows that Chinese Ecological Agriculture can be successful, not just in reversing environmental degradation but in promoting economic growth and raising standards of living.' Journal of Asian and African Studies
