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This book was written and produced by China's first environmental non-profit organization, Friends of Nature. This edition of the book combines two years of reports on China's environment from the view of civil society. With a special focus on natural and unnatural disasters, the book also...

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Weitere Verfasser: Dongping, Yang
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Leiden : Brill, 2013.
Schriftenreihe:Chinese Research Perspectives ; v. 1.
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Zusammenfassung:This book was written and produced by China's first environmental non-profit organization, Friends of Nature. This edition of the book combines two years of reports on China's environment from the view of civil society. With a special focus on natural and unnatural disasters, the book also covers the themes of pollution and ecological protection, urban environmental issues and livability, sustainable consumption, policy and governance, civil society and public participation, and China and the world in an environmental perspective. In this volume, readers are brought up to date on the main environmental issues and events of 2010 and 2011. Beginning in 2010, debris flows, landslides, and droughts brought about considerable debate on the human factors involved in "natural disasters" and on China's urban growth mode
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xxi, 452 pages) : illustrations
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789004249547
9004249540