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Record Nr.

UNINA9910253311703321

Autore

Pan Jiahua

Titolo

China's Environmental Governing and Ecological Civilization / / by Jiahua Pan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2016

ISBN

3-662-47429-8

Edizione

[1st ed. 2016.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (239 p.)

Collana

China Insights, , 2363-7579

Disciplina

338.927

Soggetti

Social sciences

Sustainable development

Social Sciences, general

Sustainable Development

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Fragile Ecology and Dream of beautiful China -- Procession and Challenge of Industrialization -- Characteristic and Goal of Urbanization -- Demand for Resources and the Environment of World Factory -- Security Association of Natural Resources -- Practice of Ecological Civilization -- Performance and Challenges of Green Carbon -- Outlook of Ecological China.

Sommario/riassunto

This book looks into the increasing conflict between the demand of economic growth and the already fragile ecological system condition in China. The prolonged urbanization process has escalated the erosion of natural environments and is increasing energy consumption. China’s role as a “world plant” is also demanding more and more resource supply as well as energy consumption. This book argues that to correctly respond to these emerging issues, apart from upgrading industry and improves environmental protection techniques, China needs to establish an “ecological civilization” that provides an ideological basis for the construction of a green low-carbon model of economic growth.