Public action and government accountability / edited by LIU Jianqiang.
KNQ3127.A15 C485 v.3 (Mapit)
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Public action and government accountability / edited by LIU Jianqiang.
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Liu, Jianqiang, editor.
Imprint
Leiden : Brill, [2014]
Description
xix, 353 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 25 cm.
Series
Chinese research perspectives. Environment ; v. 3. 2212-7496.
Formatted Contents Note
Rapid urbanization: the environmental cost and the way forward / Li Bo
Social mobilization, collective action, and resistance against environmental pollution in 2012 / Wu Fengshi and Peng Lin
The rise and challenges of public environmental testing / Huo Weiya
Improving government accountability in the face of environmental challenges / Zhang Shiqiu
Facing a water crisis: a political and social analysis / Guo Weiqing
New national standards for drinking water and the reform of policies controlling the pollutant discharge / Song Guojun and Zhang Zhen
Revision of environmental protection law stirs controversy / Qie Jianrong
Rapid increase of waste incineration plants causes concern / Yang Changjiang
The challenge of restoring brownfields / Gao Shengke
Food safety concerns encourage urban organic farming / Cheng Cunwang and Shi Yan
A "modest" new mechanism for progressive electricity pricing / Yu Jie
Car washing in Beijing: ostentatious water use vs. utilization of reclaimed water / Hu Kanping
Progress in restricting excessive packaging / Mao Da
New hope for protecting Sanjiangyuan: Headwaters of the Yangtze, Yellow, and Mekong rivers / Sanjiangyuan Project Team of the Shan Shui Conservation Center
Civil society promoting legislation on protected natural areas / Xie Yan
Hydropower development: return of a crisis on the upper reaches of the Yangtze River / Bao Zhiheng
Xiaonanhai hydropower station: a typical case of political power abuse / Liu Yiman and Ding Zhouyang
Building dams on international rivers: assuming a more responsible role / Yi Yimin
Soil contamination must be dealt with without delay / Ma Tianjie
Oil spills and ocean pollution / Feng Jie and Tu Fangjing
Public bicycles in cities : government support is key / Meng Si
Small particles, big breakthrough: a report on the air quality information transparency index in 113 cities in 2012 / Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs.
Social mobilization, collective action, and resistance against environmental pollution in 2012 / Wu Fengshi and Peng Lin
The rise and challenges of public environmental testing / Huo Weiya
Improving government accountability in the face of environmental challenges / Zhang Shiqiu
Facing a water crisis: a political and social analysis / Guo Weiqing
New national standards for drinking water and the reform of policies controlling the pollutant discharge / Song Guojun and Zhang Zhen
Revision of environmental protection law stirs controversy / Qie Jianrong
Rapid increase of waste incineration plants causes concern / Yang Changjiang
The challenge of restoring brownfields / Gao Shengke
Food safety concerns encourage urban organic farming / Cheng Cunwang and Shi Yan
A "modest" new mechanism for progressive electricity pricing / Yu Jie
Car washing in Beijing: ostentatious water use vs. utilization of reclaimed water / Hu Kanping
Progress in restricting excessive packaging / Mao Da
New hope for protecting Sanjiangyuan: Headwaters of the Yangtze, Yellow, and Mekong rivers / Sanjiangyuan Project Team of the Shan Shui Conservation Center
Civil society promoting legislation on protected natural areas / Xie Yan
Hydropower development: return of a crisis on the upper reaches of the Yangtze River / Bao Zhiheng
Xiaonanhai hydropower station: a typical case of political power abuse / Liu Yiman and Ding Zhouyang
Building dams on international rivers: assuming a more responsible role / Yi Yimin
Soil contamination must be dealt with without delay / Ma Tianjie
Oil spills and ocean pollution / Feng Jie and Tu Fangjing
Public bicycles in cities : government support is key / Meng Si
Small particles, big breakthrough: a report on the air quality information transparency index in 113 cities in 2012 / Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs.
Summary
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. 0In 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.
Note
Articles selected and translated into English from the original Zhongguo huanjing fazhan baogao 2013.
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KNQ3127.A15 C485 v.3
Language
English
ISBN
9789004268791
9004268790
9004268790
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