TY - BOOK AU - Smil,Vaclav TI - China's environmental crisis: an inquiry into the limits of national development SN - 0873328191 (alk. paper) AV - GE 185 S641c 1993 U1 - 363.7/0951 PY - 1993/// CY - Armonk, N.Y. PB - M.E. Sharpe KW - Environmental policy KW - China KW - Economic development KW - Environmental aspects KW - Política ambiental KW - Desarrollo económico KW - Aspectos ambientales N1 - "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 N2 - 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 ER -