01877cam a2200313 4500 1297891979 TxAuBib 20181115120000.0 170913s2018||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2017036679 9780190696122 pbk. 0190696125 pbk. DLC eng DLC ICrlF TxAuBib Gardner, Daniel K., 1950- Environmental pollution in China / Daniel K. Gardner. New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2018] vi, 294 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm. What everyone needs to know Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-271) and index. Setting the scene -- An overview -- Historical background -- Economic development and the environment -- China's new consumerism -- The polluted environment -- What's happening to China's air? -- Water contamination and water scarcity -- Soil pollution and agriculture -- Pollution and public health -- China's pollution the world -- Responding to environmental pollution -- Pollution and the public response -- The state and environmental pollution -- The search for cleaner energy -- Epilogue : The environmental challenge in the 21st century. "China's economy has grown remarkably quickly in recent decades and is now the second largest in the world-but prosperity has come at great environmental cost . . . examines the nature of the country's pollution crisis, the Chinese people's response to it, and the efforts by the state to tackle it"--OCLC. Adult Follett Library Resources. Adult. 20181115. Pollution China. Pollution. Environmental policy China. What everyone needs to know.