The China Environment Yearbook, Volume 3

Crises and Opportunities
Erscheinungsjahr 2009
ISBN: 978-90-04-17349-1
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 3, 284 Seiten, Format (B × H): 1600 mm x 2400 mm, Gewicht: 648 g

Reihe: The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Yearbooks: Environment

'The China Environment Yearbook', produced by China's preeminent environmental organization Friends of Nature, has established itself as the standard source for on-the-ground civil society perspectives about environmental issues in China. The third English language volume in the series brings readers up to date on the main issues and events in 2007. These include national debates about water and air pollution, the Lake Tai algae crisis, the environmental protests in the city of Xiamen, challenges faced by those planning a “green” Olympics in Beijing for 2008, and the adverse impact of global climate change. The research and analysis contained in the volume depicts the broader patterns of an emerging environmental politics in China - a more assertive and restive citizenry in environmental affairs, the rise of interest groups, and international influences on domestic policy debates. 'The China Environment Yearbook, Volume 3' is an indispensable source for scholars and policy makers concerned about how China's environmental policies and practices will affect its own future and the future of the earth.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Yang, Dongping

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltmanagement, Umweltökonomie
• Rechtswissenschaften Ausländisches Recht Asien (inkl. Türkei und Naher Osten)
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Umweltökonomie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Umwelt- und Gesundheitspolitik
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltpolitik, Umweltprotokoll

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
'Guobin Yang'
VOLUME OVERVIEW
China’s Long Green March: Crises and Opportunities
'Hu Kanping and Yang Dongping'
PART ONE: WATER CRISIS
Blue-green Algae Bloom in Taihu Lake: Reflections on Pollution and Development
'Zhang Ke'
Water Crisis in Chinese Cities in 2007
'Jiang Minzhuo'
A Health Checkup on the Ecology of the Yangtze River
'Wang Yongchen'
PART TWO: CLIMATE CHANGE
The Impact of Climate Change on China
'Liu Haiying'
Climate Change and Extreme Weather Events in China in 2007
'Huang Lei'
China and Climate Change from the Perspective of International Civil Society
'Fu Tao'
Climate Change and Chinese Youth’s Attitudes towards Consumption
'Zhang Kejia'
PART THREE: URBAN ENVIRONMENT
Green Olympics and Environmental Improvements in Beijing
'Li Jiao'
How Far is Beijing from Being an Eco-city?
'Feng Yongfeng'
Progress in Energy Conservation and Emissions Reduction
'Zhao Wengeng'
Green Commuting and Public Participation
'Kang Xue'
PART FOUR: PUBLIC POLICY AND PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
Progress and Problems in China’s Construction of an Environmental Legal System
'Xu Kezhu, Song Wanzhong and Zhu Fen'
Green Credit Policy in China
'Yu Xiaogang'
Challenges for Strategic Environmental Impact Assessments
'Qie Jianrong'
Reflections on Environmentally Related Mass Events in China
'Tong Zhifeng'
PART FIVE: APPENDIX
Annual Indexes: Environmental Trends

Terminological Translation Index
Terminological Glossary
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Yang Dongping is co-founder and vice president of Friends of Nature and professor of education at the Beijing Institute of Technology.
Friends of Nature was the first environmental non-governmental organization in the People’s Republic of China, established in 1994 by Liang Congjie, Yang Dongping, Liang Xiaoyan and Wang Lixiong. The organization has more than 3000 active members and has been recipient fifteen prestigious national and international awards.