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Green China: Chinese insights on environment and development

Edited by James Keeley and Zheng Yisheng
First published by International Institute for Environment and Development (UK) in 2011
 

The book is divided into five parts. Part One offers an overview of some of the major environmental problems in China, including pollution (Ch. 2), declining forest quality (Ch. 3), grassland deterioration in Inner Mongolia (Ch.4), ecological reconstruction (Ch. 5), water scarcity(Ch. 6), and climate change (Ch. 7). 

Part Two contains case studies of conservation in protected areas (Ch. 8), human disturbances of old-growth forests (Ch. 9), and the relationship between the protection of cultural and biological diversity (Ch. 10). 

Part Three focuses on the role institution and policies have played in environmental management in China. These articles examine the rule of law in China from an environmental perspective (Ch. 11), investment policies (Ch. 12), national targets for environmental protection and the roles of public and private spending in meeting them (Ch. 13), and the state of research and practice in green GDP accounting (Ch. 14). 

In Part Four,we present five articles that discuss theoretical and methodological issues, including those relating to green economic accounting (Ch. 15), the economics and the ethics of consumerism (Ch. 16), equity in the distribution of natural capital (Ch. 17), China’s water crisis and water footprints linked to international trade (Ch. 18), and a legal analysis of water rights (Ch. 19). 

The fifth and final part of the book highlights the importance of civil society and NGOs to China’s environment and development, with a historical review of environmental NGOs in China (Ch. 20).

 
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