China's Environmental Crisis: An Enquiry into the Limits of National Development: An Enquiry into the Limits of National Development
In 1982, Vaclav Smil turned upside down traditional perceptions of China as a green paradise in "The Bad Earth", a disturbing book. This new volume, drawn on a much broader canvas, updates and expands on the basic arguments and perceptions of "The Bad Earth". This book is not a systematic litany of what went wrong and how much - but rather an inquiry into the fundamental factors, needs, prospects, and limits of modern Chinese society, all seen through the critical environmental constraints and impacts.
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China's Environmental Crisis: An Enquiry into the Limits of National Development: An Enquiry into the Limits of National Development
In 1982, Vaclav Smil turned upside down traditional perceptions of China as a green paradise in "The Bad Earth", a disturbing book. This new volume, drawn on a much broader canvas, updates and expands on the basic arguments and perceptions of "The Bad Earth". This book is not a systematic litany of what went wrong and how much - but rather an inquiry into the fundamental factors, needs, prospects, and limits of modern Chinese society, all seen through the critical environmental constraints and impacts.
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China's Environmental Crisis: An Enquiry into the Limits of National Development: An Enquiry into the Limits of National Development

China's Environmental Crisis: An Enquiry into the Limits of National Development: An Enquiry into the Limits of National Development

by Vaclav Smil
China's Environmental Crisis: An Enquiry into the Limits of National Development: An Enquiry into the Limits of National Development

China's Environmental Crisis: An Enquiry into the Limits of National Development: An Enquiry into the Limits of National Development

by Vaclav Smil

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In 1982, Vaclav Smil turned upside down traditional perceptions of China as a green paradise in "The Bad Earth", a disturbing book. This new volume, drawn on a much broader canvas, updates and expands on the basic arguments and perceptions of "The Bad Earth". This book is not a systematic litany of what went wrong and how much - but rather an inquiry into the fundamental factors, needs, prospects, and limits of modern Chinese society, all seen through the critical environmental constraints and impacts.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780873328197
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 06/30/1993
Pages: 280
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)
Lexile: 1840L (what's this?)
Age Range: 18 Years

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 People's Mouths; Chapter 2 Existential Necessities; Chapter 3 China's Modernization; Chapter 4 Energizing the Advances; Chapter 5 Growing Food; Chapter 6 Living with the Limits;
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