In this evocative book the reader follows Edward Stokes on an unforgettable journey across Hong Kong's natural landscape, learning along the way the story of Hong Kong's environment. By way of photographs and entertaining narrative the author takes us through Hong Kong's wild places - towering peaks, grassy hills, wooded valleys, and coastal waters - revealing the surprisingly varied life that survives among them. This book documents the dramatic changes to Hong Kong's hills, valleys, and coasts, from their natural origins millions of years ago to the effects of overdevelopment in the 1990s. The author brings to light the unrelenting natural and man-made challenges to Hong Kong's environment - climatic conditions, population pressure, industrialization, and pollution. He celebrates the present beauty and grandeur of the remaining wild places, and highlights the recent damage wrought by man.
- ISBN10 0195866010
- ISBN13 9780195866018
- Publish Date 1 October 1995
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 26 June 2010
- Publish Country CN
- Imprint Oxford University Press (China) Ltd
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 212
- Language English