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084 _aonline - DeGruyter
100 1 _aEconomy, Elizabeth C.
_eautore
245 1 4 _aThe River Runs Black :
_bThe Environmental Challenge to China's Future /
_cElizabeth C. Economy.
250 _aSecond Edition
264 1 _aIthaca, NY :
_bCornell University Press,
_c[2011]
264 4 _c©2011
300 _a1 online resource (384 p.) :
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336 _atext
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338 _aonline resource
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490 0 _aA Council on Foreign Relations Book
505 0 0 _tFrontmatter --
_tContents --
_tAcknowledgments --
_tChapter 1. The Death of the Huai River --
_tChapter 2. A Legacy of Exploitation --
_tChapter 3. The Economic Explosion and Its Environmental Cost --
_tChapter 4. The Challenge of Greening China --
_tChapter 5. The New Politics of the Environment --
_tChapter 6. The Devil at the Doorstep --
_tChapter 7. Lessons from Abroad --
_tChapter 8. Averting the Crisis --
_tNotes --
_tIndex
506 0 _arestricted access
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520 _aChina's spectacular economic growth over the past two decades has dramatically depleted the country's natural resources and produced skyrocketing rates of pollution. Environmental degradation in China has also contributed to significant public health problems, mass migration, economic loss, and social unrest. In The River Runs Black, Elizabeth C. Economy examines China's growing environmental crisis and its implications for the country's future development.Drawing on historical research, case studies, and interviews with officials, scholars, and activists in China, Economy traces the economic and political roots of China's environmental challenge and the evolution of the leadership's response. She argues that China's current approach to environmental protection mirrors the one embraced for economic development: devolving authority to local officials, opening the door to private actors, and inviting participation from the international community, while retaining only weak central control.The result has been a patchwork of environmental protection in which a few wealthy regions with strong leaders and international ties improve their local environments, while most of the country continues to deteriorate, sometimes suffering irrevocable damage. Economy compares China's response with the experience of other societies and sketches out several possible futures for the country.This second edition of The River Runs Black is updated with information about events between 2005 and 2009, covering China's tumultuous transformation of its economy and its landscape as it deals with the political implications of this behavior as viewed by an international community ever more concerned about climate change and dwindling energy resources.
530 _aIssued also in print.
538 _aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546 _aIn English.
588 0 _aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mrz 2022)
650 4 _aAsian Studies.
650 4 _aEnvironmental History.
650 4 _aPolitical Science & Political History.
650 7 _aHISTORY / Asia / China.
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856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.7591/9780801459443
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780801459443
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