TY - BOOK AU - Zheng,Yisheng AU - Fan,Liang TI - Chinese Research Perspectives on the Environment, Special Volume: Critical Essays on China's Environment and Development T2 - Chinese Research Perspectives Series SN - 9789004316041 AV - HC430.E5 .C456 2016 U1 - 333.70951 PY - 2016/// CY - Boston PB - BRILL KW - Environmental policy-China KW - Economic development-Environmental aspects-China KW - Environmental protection-China KW - Electronic books N1 - Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- List of Figures and Tables -- List of Contributors -- Chapter 1 Introduction: China's Environment and Development Challenges -- Chapter 2 Understanding Environmental Pollution in China: An Analysis of Its Key Features -- Chapter 3 China's Forest Quality: The Missing Agenda -- Chapter 4 The Ecological Impact of Institutions and Policies on the Inner Mongolian Steppe Ecosystem -- Chapter 5 Understanding China's Ecological Restoration Projects: A Study of the Grain for Green Program -- Chapter 6 Water Scarcity in China -- Chapter 7 A New Approach to Conservation in Western China -- Chapter 8 Natural versus Human Disturbances of Old-growth Forests -- Chapter 9 Protecting Biodiversity by Means of Promoting Cultural Diversity: A Case Study of the Reindeer-herding Ewenki People -- Chapter 10 Environmental Rule of Law in China Today -- Chapter 11 Local and Central Governments: Impulsive Investments and Sustainable Development -- Chapter 12 Public Expenditure and China's Environmental Targets -- Chapter 13 Green GDP Accounting Research in China: Looking Back and Forward -- Chapter 14 Green GDP Accounting in China: Controversies and Progress -- Chapter 15 Environmental Resource Allocation: Inefficiency and Inequity -- Chapter 16 Ecological Values and Capitalism -- Chapter 17 Water Scarcity, Water Transfer and Water Trade in China -- Chapter 18 Water Rights: A Legal Analysis -- Chapter 19 Breaching Barriers: Chinese Environmental NGOs Come of Age -- Index N2 - China Environment and Development Review offers an account of the social, economic, institutional and technological factors behind China's worsening environmental conditions and an evolutionary perspective on efforts both to understand and to address these growing problems UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=4540540 ER -