Katherine Morton

International Aid and China's Environment

Taming the Yellow Dragon

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Rapid economic growth in the world's most populous nation is leading to widespread soil erosion, decertification, deforestation and the depletion of vital natural resources. The scale and severity of environmental problems in China now threaten the economic and social foundations of its modernization. "International Aid and China's Environment "analyses the relationship between international and local responses to environmental problems in China. The book challenges the prevailing wisdom that weak compliance is the only constraint upon local environmental management in China. It advances two interrelated discussions: First, it constructs a conceptual framework for understanding the key dimensions of environmental capacity.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Dezember 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 163mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 503g
• ISBN-13: 9780415378208
• ISBN-10: 0415378206
• Artikelnr.: 22514280

Autorenporträt

Morton, Katherine

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. Developing Environmental Capacity 2. The Long March towards
Environmental Management in China 3. Engineering a Solution: The Japanese
Approach 4. Managing the Environment with a Human Face: The UNDP Approach
5. Creating Incentives and Institutions: The World Bank Approach 6. The
Promises and Pitfalls of International Environmental Aid to China
Conclusion