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Book SynopsisThis collection features articles that originally appeared in the first three volumes of the Chinese edition of China Environment and Development Review. Written by longtime students of China’s environmental challenges and experts working on the research and policy-making frontlines, these pieces provide an evolutionary perspective on both the intellectual understanding of and efforts to address the country’s growing environmental woes. As the environmental condition has continued to worsen in recent decades, Chinese researchers have made admirable efforts toward grappling with the immensity of the problems, including institutional factors that have either compounded or obstructed efforts to mitigate them. Case studies show what works or does not in what will no doubt be a long and difficult journey toward sustainable development and environmental restoration.
Table of ContentsForeword vii Zheng Yuxin List of Figures and Tables xi List of Contributors xiv 1 Introduction: China’s Environment and Development Challenges 1 Zheng Yisheng 2 Understanding Environmental Pollution in China: An Analysis of Its Key Features 21 Guo Xiaomin 3 China’s Forest Quality: The Missing Agenda 51 Shen Xiaohui 4 The Ecological Impact of Institutions and Policies on the Inner Mongolian Steppe Ecosystem 69 Dalintai 5 Understanding China’s Ecological Restoration Projects: A Study of the Grain for Green Program 87 Xu Jintao, Jiang Xuemei and Yi Fujin 6 Water Scarcity in China 99 Chen Shaojun 7 A New Approach to Conservation in Western China 117 Shen Xiaoli, Li Shengzhi and Lü Zhi 8 Natural versus Human Disturbances of Old-growth Forests 141 Shen Xiaohui, Piao Zhengji 9 Protecting Biodiversity by Means of Promoting Cultural Diversity: A Case Study of the Reindeer-herding Ewenki People 161 Han Nianyong 10 Environmental Rule of Law in China Today 173 Wang Jin and Wang Mingyuan 11 Local and Central Governments: Impulsive Investments and Sustainable Development 189 Shen Keting 12 Public Expenditure and China’s Environmental Targets 206 Wu Jian and Ma Zhong 13 Green GDP Accounting Research in China: Looking Back and Forward 213 Wang Jinnan, Yu Fang, Jiang Hongqiang, and Cao Dong 14 Green GDP Accounting in China: Controversies and Progress 230 Gao Minxue 15 Environmental Resource Allocation: Inefficiency and Inequity 245 Zhang Shiqiu 16 Ecological Values and Capitalism 258 Lu Feng 17 Water Scarcity, Water Transfer and Water Trade in China 268 Zhang Xiao 18 Water Rights: A Legal Analysis 293 Zhao Hongmei and Chen Jie 19 Breaching Barriers: Chinese Environmental NGOs Come of Age 311 Fu Tao Index 331
