China and global change [[electronic resource] ] : opportunities for collaboration
| China and global change [[electronic resource] ] : opportunities for collaboration |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1992 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (240 p.) |
| Disciplina | 363.7/00951 |
| Soggetto topico |
Climatic changes - China
Climatic changes - Research - China Environmental policy - China Environmental policy - International cooperation |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-280-19645-9
9786610196456 0-309-57293-2 0-585-08551-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
""China and Global Change""; ""Copyright""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""Purpose""; ""CHINA'S VIEW OF GLOBAL CHANGE""; ""CHINESE GLOBAL CHANGE PROGRAM""; ""Chinese National Committee for the IGBP""; ""Chinese National Climate Committee""; ""ORGANIZATION OF CHINESE SCIENCE""; ""CHINESE PARTICIPATION IN INTERNATIONAL GLOBAL CHANGE PROGRAMS""; ""International Global Atmospheric Chemistry Project""; ""Past Global Changes""; ""Global Change and Terrestrial Ecosystems""
""Biospheric Aspects of the Hydrological Cycle and Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment""""Programs on Marine Environments""; ""Global Analysis, Interpretation, and Modeling""; ""System for Analysis, Research, and Training""; ""Data and Information Systems for the IGBP""; ""Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change Program""; ""Chinese Ecological Research Network""; ""SELECTED TOPICS""; ""Atmospheric Chemistry""; ""Trace Gases and Oxidants""; ""Aerosols""; ""Stratospheric O3""; ""Atmospheric Deposition""; ""Physical and Ecological Interactions of the Atmosphere and Land Surface"" ""Hydrology""""Biotic Controls on Trace Gases""; ""Climate Change Effects on Land Cover Change Dynamics""; ""SUMMARY""; ""1 Introduction ""; ""CHINA'S ROLE IN GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE""; ""PURPOSE AND STRUCTURE OF THE STUDY""; ""Background""; ""Purpose""; ""Committee Charge""; ""Methodology""; ""Report Format""; ""NOTES""; ""2 China's Responses to Global Change ""; ""CHINA'S VIEW OF GLOBAL CHANGE""; ""CHINESE GLOBAL CHANGE PROGRAM""; ""Chinese National Committee for the IGBP""; ""Organization and Membership""; ""CNCIGBP Research Agenda""; ""Chinese National Climate Committee"" ""Organization and Membership""""CNCC Research Agenda""; ""Climate data""; ""Climate Research""; ""Tropical Oceans Global Atmosphere (TOGA)""; ""Climate Application""; ""Climate Impact""; ""National Climate Change Coordination Group""; ""NOTES""; ""3 Overview of Institutions Relevant to Global Change Research ""; ""ORGANIZATION""; ""FUNDING""; ""CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES""; ""NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY""; ""NATIONAL NATURAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION OF CHINA""; ""STATE EDUCATION COMMISSION""; ""STATE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION COMMISSION""; ""STATE METEOROLOGICAL ADMINISTRATION"" ""STATE OCEANOGRAPHIC ADMINISTRATION""""STATE PLANNING COMMISSION""; ""STATE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY COMMISSION""; ""NOTES""; ""4 Chinese Participation in International Global Change Research Programs ""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""INTERNATIONAL GLOBAL ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY PROJECT""; ""Research Highlights""; ""PAST GLOBAL CHANGES""; ""Review of CNCIGBP Literature""; ""Research Highlights""; ""Summary of PAGES Research""; ""GLOBAL CHANGE AND TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS""; ""China's Vegetation and Climate""; ""Research Highlights""; ""CAS Institute of Botany"" ""CAS Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology"" |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910455929903321 |
| Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1992 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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China and global change [[electronic resource] ] : opportunities for collaboration
| China and global change [[electronic resource] ] : opportunities for collaboration |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1992 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (240 p.) |
| Disciplina | 363.7/00951 |
| Soggetto topico |
Climatic changes - China
Climatic changes - Research - China Environmental policy - China Environmental policy - International cooperation |
| ISBN |
1-280-19645-9
9786610196456 0-309-57293-2 0-585-08551-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
""China and Global Change""; ""Copyright""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""Purpose""; ""CHINA'S VIEW OF GLOBAL CHANGE""; ""CHINESE GLOBAL CHANGE PROGRAM""; ""Chinese National Committee for the IGBP""; ""Chinese National Climate Committee""; ""ORGANIZATION OF CHINESE SCIENCE""; ""CHINESE PARTICIPATION IN INTERNATIONAL GLOBAL CHANGE PROGRAMS""; ""International Global Atmospheric Chemistry Project""; ""Past Global Changes""; ""Global Change and Terrestrial Ecosystems""
""Biospheric Aspects of the Hydrological Cycle and Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment""""Programs on Marine Environments""; ""Global Analysis, Interpretation, and Modeling""; ""System for Analysis, Research, and Training""; ""Data and Information Systems for the IGBP""; ""Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change Program""; ""Chinese Ecological Research Network""; ""SELECTED TOPICS""; ""Atmospheric Chemistry""; ""Trace Gases and Oxidants""; ""Aerosols""; ""Stratospheric O3""; ""Atmospheric Deposition""; ""Physical and Ecological Interactions of the Atmosphere and Land Surface"" ""Hydrology""""Biotic Controls on Trace Gases""; ""Climate Change Effects on Land Cover Change Dynamics""; ""SUMMARY""; ""1 Introduction ""; ""CHINA'S ROLE IN GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE""; ""PURPOSE AND STRUCTURE OF THE STUDY""; ""Background""; ""Purpose""; ""Committee Charge""; ""Methodology""; ""Report Format""; ""NOTES""; ""2 China's Responses to Global Change ""; ""CHINA'S VIEW OF GLOBAL CHANGE""; ""CHINESE GLOBAL CHANGE PROGRAM""; ""Chinese National Committee for the IGBP""; ""Organization and Membership""; ""CNCIGBP Research Agenda""; ""Chinese National Climate Committee"" ""Organization and Membership""""CNCC Research Agenda""; ""Climate data""; ""Climate Research""; ""Tropical Oceans Global Atmosphere (TOGA)""; ""Climate Application""; ""Climate Impact""; ""National Climate Change Coordination Group""; ""NOTES""; ""3 Overview of Institutions Relevant to Global Change Research ""; ""ORGANIZATION""; ""FUNDING""; ""CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES""; ""NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY""; ""NATIONAL NATURAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION OF CHINA""; ""STATE EDUCATION COMMISSION""; ""STATE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION COMMISSION""; ""STATE METEOROLOGICAL ADMINISTRATION"" ""STATE OCEANOGRAPHIC ADMINISTRATION""""STATE PLANNING COMMISSION""; ""STATE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY COMMISSION""; ""NOTES""; ""4 Chinese Participation in International Global Change Research Programs ""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""INTERNATIONAL GLOBAL ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY PROJECT""; ""Research Highlights""; ""PAST GLOBAL CHANGES""; ""Review of CNCIGBP Literature""; ""Research Highlights""; ""Summary of PAGES Research""; ""GLOBAL CHANGE AND TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS""; ""China's Vegetation and Climate""; ""Research Highlights""; ""CAS Institute of Botany"" ""CAS Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology"" |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778795303321 |
| Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1992 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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China and global change : opportunities for collaboration
| China and global change : opportunities for collaboration |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1992 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (240 p.) |
| Disciplina | 363.7/00951 |
| Soggetto topico |
Climatic changes - China
Climatic changes - Research - China Environmental policy - China Environmental policy - International cooperation |
| ISBN |
9786610196456
9781280196454 1280196459 9780309572934 0309572932 9780585085517 058508551X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
""China and Global Change""; ""Copyright""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""Purpose""; ""CHINA'S VIEW OF GLOBAL CHANGE""; ""CHINESE GLOBAL CHANGE PROGRAM""; ""Chinese National Committee for the IGBP""; ""Chinese National Climate Committee""; ""ORGANIZATION OF CHINESE SCIENCE""; ""CHINESE PARTICIPATION IN INTERNATIONAL GLOBAL CHANGE PROGRAMS""; ""International Global Atmospheric Chemistry Project""; ""Past Global Changes""; ""Global Change and Terrestrial Ecosystems""
""Biospheric Aspects of the Hydrological Cycle and Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment""""Programs on Marine Environments""; ""Global Analysis, Interpretation, and Modeling""; ""System for Analysis, Research, and Training""; ""Data and Information Systems for the IGBP""; ""Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change Program""; ""Chinese Ecological Research Network""; ""SELECTED TOPICS""; ""Atmospheric Chemistry""; ""Trace Gases and Oxidants""; ""Aerosols""; ""Stratospheric O3""; ""Atmospheric Deposition""; ""Physical and Ecological Interactions of the Atmosphere and Land Surface"" ""Hydrology""""Biotic Controls on Trace Gases""; ""Climate Change Effects on Land Cover Change Dynamics""; ""SUMMARY""; ""1 Introduction ""; ""CHINA'S ROLE IN GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE""; ""PURPOSE AND STRUCTURE OF THE STUDY""; ""Background""; ""Purpose""; ""Committee Charge""; ""Methodology""; ""Report Format""; ""NOTES""; ""2 China's Responses to Global Change ""; ""CHINA'S VIEW OF GLOBAL CHANGE""; ""CHINESE GLOBAL CHANGE PROGRAM""; ""Chinese National Committee for the IGBP""; ""Organization and Membership""; ""CNCIGBP Research Agenda""; ""Chinese National Climate Committee"" ""Organization and Membership""""CNCC Research Agenda""; ""Climate data""; ""Climate Research""; ""Tropical Oceans Global Atmosphere (TOGA)""; ""Climate Application""; ""Climate Impact""; ""National Climate Change Coordination Group""; ""NOTES""; ""3 Overview of Institutions Relevant to Global Change Research ""; ""ORGANIZATION""; ""FUNDING""; ""CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES""; ""NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY""; ""NATIONAL NATURAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION OF CHINA""; ""STATE EDUCATION COMMISSION""; ""STATE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION COMMISSION""; ""STATE METEOROLOGICAL ADMINISTRATION"" ""STATE OCEANOGRAPHIC ADMINISTRATION""""STATE PLANNING COMMISSION""; ""STATE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY COMMISSION""; ""NOTES""; ""4 Chinese Participation in International Global Change Research Programs ""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""INTERNATIONAL GLOBAL ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY PROJECT""; ""Research Highlights""; ""PAST GLOBAL CHANGES""; ""Review of CNCIGBP Literature""; ""Research Highlights""; ""Summary of PAGES Research""; ""GLOBAL CHANGE AND TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS""; ""China's Vegetation and Climate""; ""Research Highlights""; ""CAS Institute of Botany"" ""CAS Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology"" |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910973712403321 |
| Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1992 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Green China : seeking ecological alternatives / / Geoffrey Murray and Ian G. Cook
| Green China : seeking ecological alternatives / / Geoffrey Murray and Ian G. Cook |
| Autore | Murray Geoffrey <1942, > |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York : , : RoutledgeCurzon, , 2002 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (270 p.) |
| Disciplina | 363.7/00951 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | CookIan G |
| Soggetto topico |
Environmental policy - China
Pollution - China |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-135-78780-8
0-203-22065-X 1-280-03179-4 0-203-29628-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Green China; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of tables; List of boxes; Preface; 1 China's environmental crisis: an overview; Progress at high cost; Consumerist contribution; Who should pay?; Sustainability theory; Legacy of Han grandeur; Achievements so far; Need for caution; 2 Ancient legacies; China's sorrow: the Yellow River and the river dragons; Han expansion: desertification and deforestation; Ecological balance; 3 Politics in command; Heavy industry; Four Pests Campaign; On Great Leaps and communes; Tree felling versus planting; 4 Market forces unleashed
Pragmatism rulesOvermining of communal capital; Township enterprises - rural driving force; Contribution of urban industries; Role of foreign investment; 5 Urban demographic and consumerist pressures; Growing urbanisation; Impact of the market economy; Enter the rural migrant; Population pressures; Consumerism and waste disposal worries; 6 The Sanxia dam; Justification: responding to threats; Critique: mega project dangers; Assessing the debates: alternative ways forward; 7 Moving the waters; Yellow River - continued source of sorrow; Water diversion; Not enough water; Competition for water What are the alternatives?Technical concerns; 8 Ecological tramplings; Atmospheric pollution; Better energy efficiency; Energy conservation; New and renewable energy; The threat of 'carmageddon'; Waste disposal; 9 Pollution on the periphery; Tibet: Land of Riches; Tibet: the Chinese case; Changing agricultural patterns; Tibet: the exiles' case; Prospects for reconciliation; Hong Kong struggles to clean up; Taiwan pays high price for growth; Analysis: common themes and contrasts; 10 Environmental policies; Environmental protection: government monopoly; The legal framework; Economic solutions Return of blue skiesInternational pilot projects; Individual initiatives; 11 Whither China? Alternative environmental futures; Rosy; Gloomy; Doomsday; Back to the future; Summing up; References; Bibliography; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910450780003321 |
Murray Geoffrey <1942, >
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| London ; ; New York : , : RoutledgeCurzon, , 2002 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Green China : seeking ecological alternatives / / Geoffrey Murray and Ian G. Cook
| Green China : seeking ecological alternatives / / Geoffrey Murray and Ian G. Cook |
| Autore | Murray Geoffrey <1942, > |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York : , : RoutledgeCurzon, , 2002 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (270 p.) |
| Disciplina | 363.7/00951 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | CookIan G |
| Soggetto topico |
Environmental policy - China
Pollution - China |
| ISBN |
1-905299-64-8
1-135-78779-4 1-135-78780-8 0-203-22065-X 1-280-03179-4 0-203-29628-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Green China; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of tables; List of boxes; Preface; 1 China's environmental crisis: an overview; Progress at high cost; Consumerist contribution; Who should pay?; Sustainability theory; Legacy of Han grandeur; Achievements so far; Need for caution; 2 Ancient legacies; China's sorrow: the Yellow River and the river dragons; Han expansion: desertification and deforestation; Ecological balance; 3 Politics in command; Heavy industry; Four Pests Campaign; On Great Leaps and communes; Tree felling versus planting; 4 Market forces unleashed
Pragmatism rulesOvermining of communal capital; Township enterprises - rural driving force; Contribution of urban industries; Role of foreign investment; 5 Urban demographic and consumerist pressures; Growing urbanisation; Impact of the market economy; Enter the rural migrant; Population pressures; Consumerism and waste disposal worries; 6 The Sanxia dam; Justification: responding to threats; Critique: mega project dangers; Assessing the debates: alternative ways forward; 7 Moving the waters; Yellow River - continued source of sorrow; Water diversion; Not enough water; Competition for water What are the alternatives?Technical concerns; 8 Ecological tramplings; Atmospheric pollution; Better energy efficiency; Energy conservation; New and renewable energy; The threat of 'carmageddon'; Waste disposal; 9 Pollution on the periphery; Tibet: Land of Riches; Tibet: the Chinese case; Changing agricultural patterns; Tibet: the exiles' case; Prospects for reconciliation; Hong Kong struggles to clean up; Taiwan pays high price for growth; Analysis: common themes and contrasts; 10 Environmental policies; Environmental protection: government monopoly; The legal framework; Economic solutions Return of blue skiesInternational pilot projects; Individual initiatives; 11 Whither China? Alternative environmental futures; Rosy; Gloomy; Doomsday; Back to the future; Summing up; References; Bibliography; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783854103321 |
Murray Geoffrey <1942, >
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| London ; ; New York : , : RoutledgeCurzon, , 2002 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Green China : seeking ecological alternatives / / Geoffrey Murray and Ian G. Cook
| Green China : seeking ecological alternatives / / Geoffrey Murray and Ian G. Cook |
| Autore | Murray Geoffrey <1942-> |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York, : RoutledgeCurzon, 2002 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (270 p.) |
| Disciplina | 363.7/00951 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | CookIan G |
| Soggetto topico |
Environmental policy - China
Pollution - China |
| ISBN |
1-905299-64-8
1-135-78779-4 1-135-78780-8 0-203-22065-X 1-280-03179-4 0-203-29628-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Green China; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of tables; List of boxes; Preface; 1 China's environmental crisis: an overview; Progress at high cost; Consumerist contribution; Who should pay?; Sustainability theory; Legacy of Han grandeur; Achievements so far; Need for caution; 2 Ancient legacies; China's sorrow: the Yellow River and the river dragons; Han expansion: desertification and deforestation; Ecological balance; 3 Politics in command; Heavy industry; Four Pests Campaign; On Great Leaps and communes; Tree felling versus planting; 4 Market forces unleashed
Pragmatism rulesOvermining of communal capital; Township enterprises - rural driving force; Contribution of urban industries; Role of foreign investment; 5 Urban demographic and consumerist pressures; Growing urbanisation; Impact of the market economy; Enter the rural migrant; Population pressures; Consumerism and waste disposal worries; 6 The Sanxia dam; Justification: responding to threats; Critique: mega project dangers; Assessing the debates: alternative ways forward; 7 Moving the waters; Yellow River - continued source of sorrow; Water diversion; Not enough water; Competition for water What are the alternatives?Technical concerns; 8 Ecological tramplings; Atmospheric pollution; Better energy efficiency; Energy conservation; New and renewable energy; The threat of 'carmageddon'; Waste disposal; 9 Pollution on the periphery; Tibet: Land of Riches; Tibet: the Chinese case; Changing agricultural patterns; Tibet: the exiles' case; Prospects for reconciliation; Hong Kong struggles to clean up; Taiwan pays high price for growth; Analysis: common themes and contrasts; 10 Environmental policies; Environmental protection: government monopoly; The legal framework; Economic solutions Return of blue skiesInternational pilot projects; Individual initiatives; 11 Whither China? Alternative environmental futures; Rosy; Gloomy; Doomsday; Back to the future; Summing up; References; Bibliography; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910953219903321 |
Murray Geoffrey <1942->
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| London ; ; New York, : RoutledgeCurzon, 2002 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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