Historical Dictionary of the Chinese Environment

Historical Dictionary of the Chinese Environment

Historical Dictionary of the Chinese Environment

Historical Dictionary of the Chinese Environment

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Overview

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 (ENG's) 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.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781538120354
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date: 10/08/2019
Series: Historical Dictionaries of Asia, Oceania, and the Middle East
Pages: 386
Product dimensions: 6.24(w) x 9.33(h) x 1.35(d)

About the Author

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.

Table of Contents

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

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