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POWER RESOURCES--CHINA --- NATURAL RESOURCES--CHINA --- CHINA--FOREIGN ECONOMIC RELATIONS

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Economic development and environmental issues in China are attracting more and more attention internationally as the country’s large population and vast demands for food, energy, water, minerals, and other resources play an increasingly important role in deciding the fate of the world. There is great interest in learning more about environmental issues in China, but it is not easy to obtain accurate, relevant information because the issues are diverse and are complex phenomena resulting from the interconnections among natural resource constraints and political, social, and institutional systems. This book originally was published in Japanese with the aim of providing Japanese readers with a holistic picture of what was taking place in China with respect to its air, water, energy, and land. The author then prepared an English edition of the same material to use as a book of readings for the Global Environmental Leaders Program at Nagoya University, where he taught many students from Asia and Europe. The book covers the most important environmental issues in China—climatic change, water, air, energy, and resources—together with ongoing policy responses, based on the author’s active involvement in a number of study projects and international cooperation projects in that country. This volume will help readers to understand the causes and results of environmental problems in China and will encourage them to think more deeply about the environmental implications of the country’s rapid economic growth.

Economic development -- Environmental aspects -- China. --- Environmental policy -- China. --- Natural resources -- China. --- Natural resources --- Environmental policy --- Economic development --- Earth & Environmental Sciences --- Environmental Sciences --- Environmental aspects --- Japan --- China --- Foreign economic relations --- Environment. --- Physical geography. --- Environmental economics. --- Environmental Monitoring/Analysis. --- Earth System Sciences. --- Environmental Economics. --- Monitoring/Environmental Analysis. --- Economics --- Environmental quality --- Economic aspects --- Environmental monitoring. --- Geography --- Biomonitoring (Ecology) --- Ecological monitoring --- Monitoring, Environmental --- Applied ecology --- Environmental engineering --- Pollution --- Measurement --- Monitoring

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China has been undertaking unprecedented ecological restoration efforts to deal with its problems of soil erosion, flooding, dust storms, and habitat loss. While there have been studies of these efforts, questions remain concerning whether they have been effectively implemented, what their induced socioeconomic and ecological impacts are, and how their performance can be improved. Tackling these important questions in an integrated manner, "An Integrated Assessment of China’s Ecological Restoration Programs" is extraordinary for its broad coverage and methodological rigor. It provides a substantial improvement over the conventional approach of simply reporting projects undertaken and accepting uncritically the government assessment, and thus fills an important knowledge gap of the restoration efforts being implemented upon a variety of ecosystems in China. Not only is this volume interesting and informative in conveying a general sense of ecological improvements, but it provides useful analytical methods and innovative research advances in assessing the effectiveness and impacts of similar programs and policies.

Conservation of natural resources --China. --- Restoration ecology --China. --- Restoration ecology --- Conservation of natural resources --- Earth & Environmental Sciences --- Ecology --- Ecological restoration --- Ecosystem restoration --- Rehabilitation ecology --- Restoration of ecosystems --- Conservation of resources --- Natural resources --- Natural resources conservation --- Resources conservation, Natural --- Conservation --- Life sciences. --- Ecology. --- Applied ecology. --- Ecosystems. --- Forestry. --- Sustainable development. --- Life Sciences. --- Applied Ecology. --- Sustainable Development. --- Life Sciences, general. --- Applied ecology --- Environmental protection --- Natural resources conservation areas --- Endangered ecosystems. --- Forests and forestry. --- Biosciences --- Sciences, Life --- Science --- Forest land --- Forest lands --- Forest planting --- Forest production --- Forest sciences --- Forestation --- Forested lands --- Forestland --- Forestlands --- Forestry --- Forestry industry --- Forestry sciences --- Land, Forest --- Lands, Forest --- Silviculture --- Sylviculture --- Woodlands --- Woods (Forests) --- Agriculture --- Afforestation --- Arboriculture --- Logging --- Timber --- Tree crops --- Trees --- Threatened ecosystems --- Biotic communities --- Nature conservation --- Development, Sustainable --- Ecologically sustainable development --- Economic development, Sustainable --- Economic sustainability --- ESD (Ecologically sustainable development) --- Smart growth --- Sustainable development --- Sustainable economic development --- Economic development --- Balance of nature --- Biology --- Bionomics --- Ecological processes --- Ecological science --- Ecological sciences --- Environment --- Environmental biology --- Oecology --- Environmental sciences --- Population biology --- Environmental aspects --- Ecology . --- Biocenoses --- Biocoenoses --- Biogeoecology --- Biological communities --- Biomes --- Biotic community ecology --- Communities, Biotic --- Community ecology, Biotic --- Ecological communities --- Ecosystems --- Natural communities