{"product_id":"chinas-limits-to-growth-9781405153904","title":"Chinas Limits to Growth","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this book a multi-disciplinary team of experts from around the world studies the environmental challenge posed by China's phenomenal economic growth. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cul class=\"noindent\"\u003e \u003cli\u003eAn exploration of the environmental challenge posed by China's phenomenal economic growth.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWritten by a multi-disciplinary team of experts from around the world.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eArgues that China's development poses the greatest ever challenge for the modern world in terms of speed, size and resource scarcity.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDiscusses issues such as cleaner production, green car technology, resettlement resulting from dam building, and biotechnology.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eMoves beyond the dichotomy between alarmist, radical views and moderate notions of incremental change.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 1. From Developmental to Environmental Policies.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Trajectories for Greening in China: Theory and Practice: Peter Ho (Groningen University, NL).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Environment and Modernity in Transitional China: Frontiers of Ecological Modernization: Arthur P. J. Mol (Wageningen University, NL).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Implementation of Chinese Environmental Law: Regular Enforcement and Political Campaigns: Benjamin van Rooij (Leiden University, NL).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 2. The ‘Technological Fix’: Greening Industry and Business.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Effects of Economic and Environmental Reform on the Diffusion of Cleaner Coal Technology in China: Stephanie B. Ohshita (University of San Francisco, USA) and Leonard Ortolano (Stanford University, USA).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Implementing Cleaner Production Programmes in Changzhou and Nantong, Jiangsu Province: Hongyan He Oliver (Harvard University, USA) and Leonard Ortolano (Stanford University, USA).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Whither the Car? China’s Automobile Industry and Cleaner Vehicle Technologies: Jimin Zhao (University of Michigan, USA).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Environmental Reform, Technology Policy, and Transboundary Pollution in Hong Kong: Richard Welford, Peter Hills and Jacqueline Lam (all at University of Hong Kong).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 3. Environmental Frictions? Dams, Agriculture and Biotechnology.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. Resettlement Programmes and Environmental Capacity in the Three Gorges Dam Project: Gørild Heggelund (Fridtjof Nansen Institute, Norway).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. A Market Road to Sustainable Agriculture? Ecological Agriculture, Green Food and Organic Agriculture in China: Richard Sanders (University of Northampton, UK).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. Biotech and Food Safety in China: Consumers’ Acceptance or Resistance?: Peter Ho (Groningen University, NL), Eduard B. Vermeer (Leiden University, NL) and Jennifer H. Zhao (Wageningen University, NL).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11. China’s Limits to Growth? The Difference between Absolute, Relative and Precautionary Limits: Peter Ho (Groningen University, NL) and Eduard Vermeer (Leiden University, NL).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49407887180119,"sku":"9781405153904","price":20.66,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781405153904.jpg?v=1730500856","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/chinas-limits-to-growth-9781405153904","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}