1st Edition

The Bad Earth Environmental Degradation in China

By Lawrence Scheinman Copyright 1984
266 Pages
by Routledge

266 Pages
by Routledge

266 Pages
by Routledge

As China strives to significantly increase its economic output, the nation faces an acute deterioration of the physical resources from which this prodigious growth springs. Major problems include water shortages, the pollution of water, high levels of carcinogens in the air, accelerating erosion, and industrial pollution. Originally published in 1984, Vaclav Smil documents and evaluates China’s... Read more

Preface;  Acknowledgements;  Acronyms and Editorial Notes;  1. China’s Environment  2. Land  3. Water  4. Air  5. Biota  6. Chinese Environments  7. Solutions and Limitations;  References;  Appendices;  Index;  About the Author

Biography

Authored by Smil, Vaclav