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This new volume of Chinese Research Perspectives on the Environment (formerly the China Environment Yearbook) includes selected articles from the 2013 annual environmental report compiled by Friends of Nature, a leading environmental protection NGO in China, with contributions from academics, environmental protection activists, public service activists, and the media. In this volume, readers are brought up to date on the main environmental issues and events of 2012, including environmental health, dams and cross-border water issues, a rise in environmental awareness and public action in China, sustainable consumption, and heavy metal pollution. Air pollution control has continued to attract attention from the public, media, academics, and government. This volume also discusses the controversy of the revision of the Environmental Protection Law. Like other volumes in the Chinese Research Perspectives on the Environment series, this one aims to record, evaluate, and reflect on China’s current environmental conditions.

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Author:   LIU Jianqiang
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   3
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.708kg
ISBN:  

9789004268791

ISBN 10:   9004268790
Pages:   354
Publication Date:   30 January 2014
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

List of Figures and Tables Acknowledgments List of Contributors Preface VOLUME OVERVIEW Rapid Urbanization: The Environmental Cost and the Way Forward Li Bo PART I: PUBLIC ACTION 1. Social Mobilization, Collective Action, and Resistance against Environmental Pollution in 2012 Wu Fengshi and Peng Lin 2. The Rise and Challenges of Public Environmental Testing Huo Weiya PART II: GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY AND GOOD GOVERNANCE 3. Improving Government Accountability in the Face of Environmental Challenges Zhang Shiqiu 4. Facing a Water Crisis: A Political and Social Analysis Guo Weiqing PART III: GOVERNMENT POLICIES 5. New National Standards for Drinking Water and the Reform of Policies Controlling Pollutant Discharge Song Guojun and Zhang Zhen 6. Revision of Environmental Protection Law Stirs Controversy Qie Jianrong PART IV: LIVABILITY 7. Rapid Increase of Waste Incineration Plants Causes Concern Yang Changjiang 8. The Challenge of Restoring Brownfields Gao Shengke 9. Food Safety Concerns Encourage Urban Organic Farming Cheng Cunwang and Shi Yan PART V: SUSTAINABLE CONSUMPTION 10. A “Modest” New Mechanism for Progressive Electricity Pricing Yu Jie 11. Car Washing in Beijing: Ostentatious Water Use vs. Utilization of Reclaimed Water Hu Kanping 12. Progress in Restricting Excessive Packaging Mao Da PART V: ECOLOGICAL PROTECTION 13. New Hope for Protecting Sanjiangyuan: Headwaters of the Yangtze, Yellow, and Mekong Rivers Sanjiangyuan Project of the Shan Shui Conservation Center 14. Civil Society Promoting Legislation on Protected Natural Areas Xie Yan PART VI: DAMS 15. Hydropower Development: Return of a Crisis on the Upper Reaches of the Yangtze River Bao Zhiheng 16. Xiaonanhai Hydropower Station: A Typical Case of Political Power Abuse Liu Yiman and Ding Zhouyang 17. Building Dams on International Rivers: Assuming a More Responsible Role Yi Yimin PART VII: POLLUTION 18. Soil Contamination Must Be Dealt With Without Delay Ma Tianjie 19. Oil Spills and Ocean Pollution Feng Jie and Tu Fanjing PART VIII: INVESTIGATIVE REPORTS 20. Public Bicycles in Cities—Government Support Is Key Meng Si 21. Small Particles, Big Breakthrough: A Report on the Air Quality Information Transparency Index in 113 Cities in 2012 Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs PART IX: APPENDIX Major Environmental Events of 2012 Annual Indexes: Environmental Trends Terminological Glossary Index

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Liu Jianqiang (刘鉴强) is an award-winning investigative journalist and the Beijing editor of Chinadialogue, the first English-Chinese website focusing on reporting environmental issues. Friends of Nature is 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 3,000 active members and has been recipient of fifteen prestigious national and international awards.

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