
The China Environment Yearbook, Volume 5 : State of Change: Environmental Governance and Citizens' Rights.
Title:
The China Environment Yearbook, Volume 5 : State of Change: Environmental Governance and Citizens' Rights.
Author:
Yang, Dongping.
ISBN:
9789004216884
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (312 pages)
Series:
The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Yearbooks: Environment ; v.5
The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Yearbooks: Environment
Contents:
Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Acknowledgements -- Contributors -- Preface -- Introduction -- Volume Overview -- Highlights of 2009: The State's Responsibility and Citizens' Rights -- Part I Public Policy -- Green Growth Impacts of China's Financial Stimulus Package -- Calls for a Low-Carbon Economy: NPC Motions and CPPCC Proposals in 2009 -- Progress in Environmental Information Transparency -- Regulations on Environmental Impact Assessment for Plans: Breakthroughs and Limitations -- China's Role in International Climate Change Negotiations -- Part II Litigation -- Public Interest Litigation against Illegal Construction of Two Hydropower Stations on the Jinsha River -- Environmental Public Interest Litigation: Seven Experimental Case Studies -- Pollution Related Lawsuits Encounter Many Difficulties -- The Case of Yancheng Water Pollution: Problems in Judicature -- Part III Pollution and Health -- Alarming Environment and Health Incidents of 2009 -- Environmental Crisis in Rapidly Developing Ningxia, Inner Mongolia, and Shaanxi -- Hidden Environmental Troubles of Resource Development in China's Western Regions -- New Pollution in Rural Areas: The "Home Appliances to the Countryside" Program -- Part IV Consumption -- 2009: A Waste Crisis at a Crossroads -- Promoting Sustainable Consumption -- Extravagant Water Consumption in Beijing's New Bathhouses -- Restricted Use of Plastic Shopping Bags: The Way Out -- Part V Ecological Protection -- Organizational Transformations at Nature Reserves: An Analysis of Tourism Development in Jilin's Changbai Mountain -- Conservation Agreements: Incorporating Government-led and Community-based Initiatives -- Biodiversity in the Context of Climate Change -- Crafting a Successful Vision for Wild Giant Panda Protection -- Part VI Appendix -- Annual Indexes: Environmental Changes in China.
Terminological Glossary -- Index.
Abstract:
With the annual publication of the China Environment Yearbook by Friends of Nature, China's environmental situation is revealed through the eyes of civil society. In this fifth volume, key issues affecting China's environment in the year 2009 are explored through five main themes: Public Policy, Litigation, Pollution and Health, Consumption, and Ecological Protection.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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