China has a population of 1.3 billion people which puts strain on her natural resources. This volume, by one of the leading scholars on the earth's biosphere, is the result of a lifetime of study, and provides the fullest account yet of the environmental challenges that China faces. The author exami
China's Past, China's Future
β Scribed by Vaclav Smil
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 256
- Series
- Asia's Transformations/Critical Asian Scholarship
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Synopsis
China has a population of 1.3 billion people which puts strain on her natural resources. This volume, by one of the leading scholars on the earth's biosphere, is the result of a lifetime of study, and provides the fullest account yet of the environmental challenges that China faces. The author examines China's energy resources, their uses, impacts and prospects, from the 1970s oil crisis to the present day, before analysing the key question of how China can best produce enough food to feed its enormous population.
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