Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Contributors -- Volume Overview -- Rapid Urbanization: The Environmental Cost and the Way Forward -- Part One Public Action -- Chapter 1 Social Mobilization, Collective Action, and Resistance against Environmental Pollution in 2012 -- Chapter 2 The Rise and Challenges of Public Environmental Testing -- Part Two Government Accountability and Good Governance -- Chapter 3 Improving Government Accountability in the Face of Environmental Challenges -- Chapter 4 Facing a Water Crisis: A Political and Social Analysis -- Part Three Government Policies -- Chapter 5 New National Standards for Drinking Water and the Reform of Policies Controlling Pollutant Discharge -- Chapter 6 Revision of Environmental Protection Law Stirs Controversy -- Part Four Livability -- Chapter 7 Rapid Increase of Waste Incineration Plants Causes Concern -- Chapter 8 The Challenge of Restoring Brownfields -- Chapter 9 Food Safety Concerns Encourage Urban Organic Farming -- Part Five Sustainable Consumption -- Chapter 10 A "Modest" New Mechanism for Progressive Electricity Pricing -- Chapter 11 Car Washing in Beijing: Ostentatious Water Use vs. Utilization of Reclaimed Water -- Chapter 12 Progress in Restricting Excessive Packaging -- Part Six Ecological Protection -- Chapter 13 New Hope for Protecting Sanjiangyuan: Headwaters of the Yangtze, Yellow, and Mekong Rivers -- Chapter 14 Civil Society Promoting Legislation on Protected Natural Areas -- Part Seven Dams -- Chapter 15 Hydropower Development: Return of a Crisis on the Upper Reaches of the Yangtze River -- Chapter 16 Xiaonanhai Hydropower Station: A Typical Case of Political Power Abuse -- Chapter 17 Building Dams on International Rivers: Assuming a More Responsible Role -- Part Eight Pollution.

Chapter 18 Soil Contamination Must be Dealt With Without Delay -- Chapter 19 Oil Spills and Ocean Pollution -- Part Nine Investigative Reports -- Chapter 20 Public Bicycles in Cities-Government Support is Key -- Chapter 21 Small Particles, Big Breakthrough: A Report on the Air Quality Information Transparency Index in 113 Cities in 2012 -- Part Ten Appendix -- Major Environmental Events of 2012 -- Annual Indexes: Environmental Trends -- Terminological Glossary -- Index.