The Struggle for Sustainability in Rural China: Environmental Values and Civil Society

by Bryan Tilt

Book Overview

Though China's economy is projected to become the world's largest within the next twenty years, industrial pollution threatens both the health of the country's citizens and the natural resources on which their economy depends. Capturing the consequences of this reality, Bryan Tilt conducts an in-depth, ethnographic study of Futian Township, a rural community reeling from pollution.

The industrial township is located in the populous southwestern...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231150016
• ISBN13: 9780231150019
• Release Date: December 2009
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.9" x 8.8"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher