绿色中国:英文本

绿色中国:英文本
作 者: 默里 谷义仁
出版社: 五洲传播出版社
丛编项: 英文
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Green China, as well as this particular work, developed from a recognition that China was tackling a wide range of serious environmental problems within the context of her rapid industrialization, urbanization, transition to a market-oriented economy and growing consumerism that would inevitably have great impact not only on the lives of its own vast population, but also for those inhabiting neighboring countries and even the world at large.The problems have been well documented in the Western media, but the solutions being tried have perhaps not been so well publicized, and this book is an attempt to redress the balance.Instead of lack of respect for Nature, enhanced environmental education ensures that there is resurgence in respect for the power and beauty of China's environment.There is a renewed quest for exemplars, of models of good practice in human/environment interaction, a quest that has several dimensions. And so, one dimension of such a quest is the historical one, seeking examples of ecologic...

图书目录

Preface

Section One Roots of China's Environmental Concerns

Chapter 1 Introduction

Achievements So Far

Whose Responsibility ?

Chapter 2 China's varied environment

Seven Physical Regions

Chapter 3 Historical Preconditions

Twin Threats: Drought and Flood

Impact of Han Migrations

Chapter 4 Socialist Transformations

Mixed Results in the Countryside

Section Two Air Pollution

Chapter 5 Industrial Pollution

Shougang and Benxi: Models for Change

Township and Village Enterprises

Chapter 6 Coal and Its Alternatives

Leading Coal Consumer

Nuclear and Natural Gas Alternatives

Chapter 7 Gridlock and Smog

The Bane of Traffic Jams

Exhaust Emission Fears

Countermeasures on Many Fronts

Section Three Water Issues

Chapter 8 Pollution of Waterways

Tackling Domestic Wastewater

Saving the Lakes

Red Tide Threat

Chapter 9 Sharing Limited Water

Diverting Water from South to North

Yellow River's Future in Doubt

Alternative Scenarios

Seawater Option

Chapter 10 The Three Gorges Dam

Positive Points

Negative Points

Section Four Waste Disposal

Chapter 11 Consumer Society and Its Waste

Pros and Cons of Urbanization

Growth of Consumerism

Chapter 12 Leveling the Waste Mountain

Cities under Siege

Still a Long Way to Go

Section Five Land Loss and Recovery

Chapter 13 Greening the Deserts

Promoting Public Involvement

Chapter 14 Nature Reserves

Tibetan Example of Nature First

Pastureland and Forestry Protection

Section Six Summing up

Chapter 15 Bleak Futures, Cheerful Futures

Bleak Scenario

Optimistic Scenario

Final Word

Postscript

Appendix

Index