China's environmental crisis : an inquiry into the limits of national development /
Smil, Vaclav.
China's environmental crisis : an inquiry into the limits of national development / by Vaclav Smil. - Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, c1993. - xix, 257 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
"An East gate book."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. People's mouths
2. Existential necessities
3. China's modernization
4. Energizing the advances
5. Growing food
6. Living with the limits
In 1982, Vaclav Smil turned upside down traditional perceptions of China as a green paradise in "The Bad Earth". Updating and expanding its basic arguments and perceptions, this volume is an inquiry into the fundamental factors, needs, prospects, and limits of modern Chinese society.
0873328191 (alk. paper) 1563240416 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780873328197 (alk. paper) 9781563240416 (pbk. : alk. paper)
91020037
Environmental policy--China.
Economic development--Environmental aspects.
Política ambiental
Desarrollo económico --Aspectos ambientales
GE 185 / S641c 1993
363.7/0951
China's environmental crisis : an inquiry into the limits of national development / by Vaclav Smil. - Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, c1993. - xix, 257 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
"An East gate book."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. People's mouths
2. Existential necessities
3. China's modernization
4. Energizing the advances
5. Growing food
6. Living with the limits
In 1982, Vaclav Smil turned upside down traditional perceptions of China as a green paradise in "The Bad Earth". Updating and expanding its basic arguments and perceptions, this volume is an inquiry into the fundamental factors, needs, prospects, and limits of modern Chinese society.
0873328191 (alk. paper) 1563240416 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780873328197 (alk. paper) 9781563240416 (pbk. : alk. paper)
91020037
Environmental policy--China.
Economic development--Environmental aspects.
Política ambiental
Desarrollo económico --Aspectos ambientales
GE 185 / S641c 1993
363.7/0951