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Historical Dictionary of the Chinese Environment

Historical Dictionaries of Asia, Oceania, and the Middle East

von: Lawrence R. Sullivan, Nancy Y. Liu-Sullivan
97,99 €
Verlag:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format:	EPUB
Veröffentl.:	08.10.2019
ISBN/EAN:	9781538120361
Sprache:	englisch
Anzahl Seiten:	386

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Titelbeschreibung

The largest emitter of green-house gases since 2007 and top polluter of the increasingly stressed Pacific Ocean, the People’s Republic of China is both a major contributor to environmental degradation and a leading contender to mitigate and stabilize global environmental conditions. Reviewing the history of the PRC from the periods of central economic planning (1953-1978) followed by the single-minded pursuit of economic growth and mass consumption beginning in 1978-1979 to the adoption of a more balanced approach stressing environmental protection and restoration beginning in the 1990s, 
Historical Dictionary of the Chinese Environment 
documents both the enormous damage to the country’s natural environment and the dramatic attempts by the Chinese government and environmental non-government organizations (ENGOs) at environmental amelioration and restoration.
 
 
 
 
Historical Dictionary of the Chinese Environment 
contains a chronology, an introduction, appendixes and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 200 cross-referenced entries on environmental degradation including air and water pollution, deforestation, desertification, and resource depletion while efforts at amelioration and restoration include river and waterway clean-ups, reforestation and desert control, restoration of fisheries, creation of national nature reserves, along with energy conservation and development of renewables such as solar and wind power. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about the Chinese Environment.

Titelkurzbeschreibung

Historical Dictionary of the Chinese Environment contains a chronology, an introduction, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 200 cross-referenced entries on environmental degradation including air and water pollution, deforestation, desertification, and resource depletion.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Editor’s Foreword by Jon Woronoff 
Preface 
Reader’s Note 
Acronyms and Abbreviations 
Maps 
Chronology 
Introduction 
THE DICTIONARY 
Glossary 
Appendix A: Chinese and Foreign Environmental Activists 
Appendix B: Chinese and Multinational Environmental Companies 
Appendix C: Environmental Laws and Regulations 
Appendix D: Environmental Non-Government Organizations 
Appendix E: State Environmental Organizations 
Appendix F: Nature Reserves and National Parks 
Appendix G: Wetland Nature Reserves and Parks 
Bibliography 
About the Authors

Autorenportrait

Lawrence R. Sullivan 
is a professor emeritus of political science, Adelphi University, Garden City, New York, and a research associate, East Asian Institute, Columbia University, New York City. He is co-editor and co-translator of several works on the Chinese environment including 
China’s Water Crisis 
by Ma Jun (2004) and 
The River Dragon has Come!: The Three Gorges Dam
 and the 
Fate of China’s Yangtze River and Its People
 (1998) by Dai Qing. 
Nancy Y. Liu-Sullivan
 has conducted research at Sloan-Kettering Institute, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York City, and is currently a lecturer in the Department of Biology, College of Staten Island (CSI), City University of New York where she also conducts cancer research.