China's Environmental Crisis: An Inquiry into the Limits of National Development

By Vaclav Smil

Book Overview

In 1982, Vaclav Smil turned upside down traditional perceptions of China as a green paradise in "The Bad Earth", a disturbing book. This new volume, drawn on a much broader canvas, updates and expands on the basic arguments and perceptions of "The Bad Earth". This book is not a systematic litany of what went wrong and how much - but rather an inquiry into the fundamental factors, needs, prospects, and limits of modern Chinese society, all seen through the critical environmental constraints and impacts.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1563240416
• ISBN13: 9781563240416
• Release Date: April 1993
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary