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China's environmental crisis : an inquiry into the limits of national development
- Title
- China's environmental crisis : an inquiry into the limits of national development / Vaclav Smil.
- Author
- Smil, Vaclav.
- Publication
- Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, [1993], ©1993.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | HC430.E5 S55 1993 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xix, 257 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Subjects
- Note
- "An East gate book."
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- China Impressions -- China's Environment -- 1. People's Mouths. How Do People Matter? Growing to a Billion. Recent Countercurrents. Coming Generations -- 2. Existential Necessities. Yin-yang of Waters. Changing Farmland. Forests, Grasslands, Wetlands -- 3. China's Modernization. Wealth and Prosperity. Quality of Life. Eating Better. Living Longer. Learning More. Feeling Richer -- 4. Energizing the Advances. Energy for the Countryside. Land, Water, and Energy. Air Pollution. Future Needs. Generation of CO[subscript 2] -- 5. Growing Food. Managing the Land. Irrigating the Fields. Fertilizing the Crops. Farming Without Excess -- 6. Living With the Limits. Realities and Aspirations. Adaptations and Uncertain Prospects.
- ISBN
- 0873328191 (alk. paper)
- 1563240416 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 91020037
- OCLC
- 23939856
- ocm23939856
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries