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.
- ISBN10 0862321883
- ISBN13 9780862321888
- Publish Date 1 December 1984
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 27 January 2021
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Zed Books Ltd
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 256
- Language English