| schema:description | "内容記述: THE NATURE OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS IN CHINA: The global context and China; Population; Natural resources; Geographical distribution; The r?le of culture and education; Political structure and China's environment; Sustainability and China; 2. ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION IN CHINA'S PAST: An old problem; The origins of Chinese environmental protection; A brief history of deforestation and the spread of agriculture in China; Desertification in China's past; 3. VEGETATION REDUCTION IN CHINA SINCE 1949: National vegetation cover estimates; Reduction of forest cover; Forest politics; Current afforestation projects; Prospects; 4. SOIL EROSION, FLOODS AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT IN MINORITY AREAS: Soil erosion; Bog formation and gleisation; Floods; The S?nxi? (Three Gorges) Dam, a necessary evil?; Ethnic policies and degradation, the case of X?shu?ngb?nn?; 5. DESERTIFICATION, GRASSLAND DEGRADATION, WATER SHORTAGES AND SALINISATION-ALKALISAION: What constitutes China's dry lands and grasslands?; What do the Chinese mean by desertification?; China's desertified regions; Causes of arid and semi-arid land resource degradation in China; Is B?ij?ng becoming desertified?; Policies and techniques for controlling desertification in China; The water shortage crisis; Salinisation-alkalisation; The future-research and conservation; 6. WATER, SOIL, AND SOLID WASTE POLLUTION: Water pollution; Soil pollution; Pest management; Solid waste problems; 7. AIR AND NOISE POLLUTION AND POLLUTION CONTROL IN CHINA: Air pollution; Noise pollution; Methods of pollution control; 8. NATURE CONSERVATION: The growth of the conservation movement and the establishment of nature reserves; Classification of wildlife protection in the People's Republic; The purpose of China's nature reserves; China's nature reserves and international co-operation; Problems with China's nature conservation; 9. A REGIONAL AND GLOBAL ASSESSMENT OF CHINA'S ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS: The east-west divide within China and its relation to environmental problems; China's share in global environmental problems; 10. ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY - PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE: The evolution of environmental policy; The development of China's environmental protection network; Development of China's environmental problems; Which way forward?...(more)" |