Patterns of China's lost harmony: a survey of the country's environmental degradation and protection
Patterns of China's Lost Harmony blends historical documentation with contemporary assessment to determine the degree of human impact upon the country's vegetation, soils, water, air and wildlife. This book introduces the development of environmental ideas as found in the ancient Chinese c...
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| Zusammenfassung: | Patterns of China's Lost Harmony blends historical documentation with contemporary assessment to determine the degree of human impact upon the country's vegetation, soils, water, air and wildlife. This book introduces the development of environmental ideas as found in the ancient Chinese classics and traces the history of vegetation degradation. The pattern of land degradation is described with emphasis on soil erosion and desertification. Pollution, which increased dramatically throughout the 1980s, is analysed employing national statistics and local examples; the various policies recently introduced for pollution control are assessed. Wildlife management is scrutinised largely through a discussion of the evolution of China's nature reserve network. Regional variation in degradation and protection is stressed throughout. Filling an important gap in the literature on China's environment by providing a comprehensive assessment of China's environment as of the early 1990s, this book will serve as an important reference tool, both for understanding the historical scope of environmental degradation and for assessing attempts to control environmental degradation since the 1980s. |
| Beschreibung: | VIII, 334 S. graph. Darst., Kt. |
| ISBN: | 0415104785 |
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| adam_text | CONTENTS
Acknowledgements vii
1 THE NATURE OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS IN CHINA 1
The global context and China 1
Population 3
Natural resources 6
Geographical distribution 13
The r le of culture and education 16
Political structure and China s environment 18
Sustainability and China 19
2 ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION IN CHINA S PAST 22
An old problem 22
The origins of Chinese environmental protection 22
A brief history of deforestation and the spread of agriculture in China 26
Desertification in China s past 36
3 VEGETATION REDUCTION IN CHINA SINCE 1949 42
National vegetation cover estimates 42
Reduction of forest cover 43
Forest policies 47
Current afforestation projects 51
.firuspecte 58
4 SOIL EROSION, FLOODS AND ENVIRONMENTAL
MANAGEMENT IN MINORITY AREAS 62
Soil erosion 62
Bo# formation and ghisation 72
Woods 73
The Ssnxii (Three Gorges) Dam, a necessary evil? 79
Ethnic policies and degradation, the ease ofXtshuangbttana 87
PATTERNS OF CHINA S LOST HARMONY
5 DESERTIFICATION, GRASSLAND DEGRADATION,
WATER SHORTAGES AND SALINISATION ALKALISATTON 98
What constitutes China s dry lands and grasslands? 98
What do the Chinese wean by desertification? 101
China s desertified regions 103
Causes of arid and semi arid land resource degradation in China 105
Is BSijTng becoming desertified? 110
Policies and techniques for controlling desertification in China 111
The water shortage crisis 114
Salinisation alkalisation 124
The future research and conservation 127
6 WATER, SOIL AND SOLID WASTE POLLUTION 133
Water pollution 133
So/7 pollution 145
Pest management 149
Solid waste problems 150
7 AIR AND NOISE POLLUTION AND
POLLUTION CONTROL IN CHINA 158
Air pollution 158
Noise pollution 171
Methods of pollution control 176
8 NATURE CONSERVATION 193
The growth of the conservation movement
and the establishment of nature reserves 194
Classification of wildlife protection in the People s Republic 202
The purpose of China s nature reserves 204
China s nature reserves and international co operation 206
Problems with China s nature conservation 208
9 A REGIONAL AND GLOBAL ASSESSMENT OF
CHINA S ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS 212
The east west divide within China and
its relation to environmental problems 212
China s share in global environmental problems 219
10 ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE 228
The evolution of environmental policy 228
The development of China s environmental protection network 239
Development of China s environmental movements 245
Coping with China s environmental problems 247
Which way forward? 252
Appendix A Chronology of Environmental Events in China 261
Glossary of Chinese Terms 279
References 292
Index 314
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