Book Details
Format
Hardcover
Pages
264
Language
English
Published
Nov 20, 2015
Publisher
Routledge
ISBN-10
1138182281
ISBN-13
9781138182288
Description
As China strives to significantly increase its economic output, the nation faces an acute deterioration of the physical resources from which this prodigious growth springs. Major problems include water shortages, the pollution of water, high levels of carcinogens in the air, accelerating erosion, and industrial pollution. Originally published in 1984, Vaclav Smil documents and evaluates China’s environmental crisis. This title will be of particular interest for students of Environmental Studies and Development Studies.