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Title

Good earths : regional and historical insights into China's environment / edited by Abe Ken-ichi, James E. Nickum.

Publication

Kyoto : Kyoto University Press ; Melbourne, Vic. : Trans Pacific Press ; Portland, Or. : International Specialized Book Services [distributor], 2009.

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Additional Authors

• Ken-ichi, Abe.
• Nickum, James E.
• Abe, Ken-ichi.

Description

xxv, 292 p. : ill., maps; 24 cm.

Summary

"China encompasses a wide range of national environments and human communities. Focusing upon specific regional changes over time, this book presents empirical studies that examine the diversity of interactions between peoples and their environments in China. Good Earths is organized around the themes of land, trees, water and grasses, as scholars from China and beyond assess particular regional environmental issues, drawing upon both contemporary and historical sources."--pub. desc.

Series Statement

Frontiers of area studies

Subject

• Geschichte
• Environmental policy > China > History
• Environmental health > China > History
• Sustainable development > China
• China > Environmental conditions

Genre/Form

History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Earth, Wood, Water and Grass: China's Environmental Margins / Abe Ken-ichi and James E. Nickum -- 1. Geography is not Destiny: Historical Contingency and the Making of the Pearl River Delta / Robert B. Marks -- 2. Three Gorges Project: Impacts of Rural Resettlement and Urban Relocation on the Environment in the Reservoir Area / Yan Tan and Lesley Potter -- 3. Ecologically Fragile Belts in Western China: Conservation and Rehabilitation / Wang Yiqian and Chen Yang -- 4. Ecological Migration in the Karst and High, Cold Mountainous Areas of South China / Cang Ming -- 5. Reforestation after Deforestation in China / Liu Dachang -- 6. Problematic Land Cover Change or Problematic Policy and Analysis? / William F. Hyde and Jintao Xu -- 7. Collaged Landscape: History and Political Ecology of Forests in Yunnan / Abe Ken-ichi -- 8. Rubber Planting and Eco-environmental/Socio-cultural Transition in Xishuangbanna / Yin Shaoting -- 9. Impacts of Population Migration on Land Degradation in the Tarim River Basin / Jiang Leiwen, Tong Yufen, Zhao Zhijie, Li Tianhong, Liao Jianhua and Han Wei -- 10. Water Shortage in an Oasis Region in Western China / Nakawo Masayoshi -- 11. Marginal Capital: Beijing's Maturing Water Economy and Agricultural Sustainability / James E. Nickum -- 12. The Linkages Between Poverty, Environment and Transboundary Water Management in Southwest China's Yunnan Province / Katri Mehtonen -- 13. Environmental Changes of Handgarte Pastures of Altai over Fifty Years: A Case Analysis of / Xinjiang Altai Grassland and Tsui Yenhu -- 14. Eco-historical Background and the Modern Process of Desertification in Mu-us Sandy Land with Reference to Pastoral Life / Kobayashi Tatsuaki and Yang Jie -- 15. The Socioeconomic and Environmental Roles of Bamboo in Rural China / Manuel Ruiz-Perez, Fu Maoyi, Brian Belcher, Yang Xiaosheng, Benoit Mertens, Liu Hua and Xie Jinzhong.

ISBN

• 9781920901356 (hbk)
• 1920901353 (hbk)

OCLC

• 318534905
• SCSB-11367830

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library