LEADER 03192oam 2200673I 450 001 9910820787803321 005 20240405102640.0 010 $a1-134-37768-1 010 $a1-134-37769-X 010 $a0-415-31498-4 010 $a1-280-06332-7 010 $a0-203-56320-4 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203563205 035 $a(CKB)1000000000444885 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000291464 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11217298 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000291464 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10250327 035 $a(PQKB)10912210 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC182596 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL182596 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10101168 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL6332 035 $a(OCoLC)76893972 035 $a(OCoLC)57176629 035 $a(PPN)158258452 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000444885 100 $a20180331d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aChina's past, China's future $eenergy, food, environment /$fVaclav Smil 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2004. 215 $axv, 232 p. $cill 225 0 $aCritical Asian scholarship China's past, China's future 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-415-31499-2 311 $a0-203-34830-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aChina's Biophysical Foundations -- My Chinese Experiences -- Challenges Of Understanding -- Interdisciplinary Perspectives -- Energy -- Half a Century Of Advances -- Continuing Importance Of Traditional Energies -- A Failed Strategy -- From A New Saudi Arabia To Concerns About Oil Security -- A Remarkable Shift In Energy Intensities -- Food -- The World's Greatest Famine -- From Subsistence To Satiety -- Dietary Transitions -- Nitrogen In China's Agriculture -- Can China Feed Itself? -- Environment -- Attitudes And Constraints -- The First Of The Five Elements -- China's Environment And Security -- Cost Of China's Environmental Change -- Megaprojects And China's Environment -- Looking Ahead By Looking Back -- Failed Forecasts -- Contending Trends. 330 $aChina has a population of 1.3 billion people which puts strain on her natural resources. This volume, by one of the leading scholars on the earth's biosphere, is the result of a lifetime of study, and provides the fullest account yet of the environmental challenges that China faces. The author examines China's energy resources, their uses, impacts and prospects, from the 1970s oil crisis to the present day, before analysing the key question of how China can best produce enough food to feed its enormous population. 410 0$aCritical Asian scholarship. 606 $aPower resources$zChina 606 $aFood supply$zChina 607 $aChina$xEnvironmental conditions 615 0$aPower resources 615 0$aFood supply 676 $a304.2/8/0951 700 $aSmil$b Vaclav.$0140188 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910820787803321 996 $aChina's past, China's future$94005044 997 $aUNINA