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Book SynopsisThis volume of the Chinese Research Perspectives on the Environment series is a translation of selections from the 2014 or the 9th edition of the Annual Report on Environment Development of China. Friends of Nature, which has been organizing the writing and compilation of the Annual Report, is the first and continues to be one of the most influential Chinese environmental NGO. Articles in the current volume, written by a group of academics, independent scholars, activists and journalists cover recent development in a host of environment-related issues in China, including water and air pollution, the evolving role of NGO, pollution’s impact on human health, progress in environmental legislation and species protection, and the environmental consequences of poor urban planning.
Table of ContentsAcknowledgements List of Contributors List of Figures and Tables Introduction: On Environmental and Ecosystem Protection: What Have We Done? by LI Dun Chapter 1: Competition for Water Resources and Its Economic and Political Implications by GUO Weiqing and ZHOU Yu Chapter 2: Initial Exploration of Environmental NGOs’ Involvement in Environmental Mass Incidents by LI Bo Chapter 3: Correlation between Water Pollution and Deaths Caused by Digestive Tract Tumors in the Huai River Basin by YANG Gonghuan Chapter 4: The Urgent Need for an Environment and Health Law: A Study of 63 Health Hazard Incidents by LV Zhongmei & HUANG Kai Chapter 5: Environmental and Health Risks: Unusual Expansion of Waste Incineration in China Needs Attention by YANG Changjiang Chapter 6: War on Smog by LIU Xiaoxing Chapter 7: Smog Brings Widespread and Far-Reaching Impact to Human Health by LIN Na Chapter 8: Environmental PILs Returned to the Starting Point in 2013 by LIN Yanmei and WANG Xiaoxi Chapter 9: The Revision of China’s Environmental Protection Law from a Minor Change to a Critical Improvement by QIE Jianrong Chapter 10: Ecological Red Lines: Concept, Features and Supervision by ZOU Changxin Chapter 11: How to Restore the Siberian Tiger Population at Changbai Mountain by PIAO Zhengji Chapter 12: The Siege of Cities by Chemical Plants: How to Make a Breakthrough? by PENG Liguo Chapter 13: The 2012 Pollution Information Transparency Index (PITI) Fourth Annual Assessment of Environmental Transparency in 113 Chinese Cities: Bottlenecks & Breakthroughs Chapter 14: The “Last” Report on China’s Rivers by LI Bo, YAO Songqiao, YU Yin and GUO Qiaoyu Chapter 15: Report on Applying for the Disclosure of Information on 122 Municipal Solid Waste Incineration Plants across China by Wuhu Ecology Center Chapter 16: Annual Indexes of the Environment Green Papers 2013—Changing Trends of the Environment in China Chapter 17: Major Environmental Incidents and Events in 2013
