China's Past, China's Future: Energy, Food, Environment

Author: Smil Vaclav

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Price : $82.99 AUD
ISBN : 9780415314992
Publisher : Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint : Routledge
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Weight (g) : 0.453
Publication date : 06 November 2003
Dimensions : 234mm X 156mm X 13mm
Produced in : United Kingdom
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Author : Smil Vaclav
Series : Asia's Transformations/Critical Asian Scholarship
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Pages : 256
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China has a population of 1.3 billion people which puts strain on her natural resources. This volume, by one of the leading scholars on the earth's biosphere, is the result of a lifetime of study, and provides the fullest account yet of the environmental challenges that China faces. The author examines China's energy resources, their uses, impacts and prospects, from the 1970s oil crisis to the present day, before analysing the key question of how China can best produce enough food to feed its enormous population.

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Vaclav Smil is Distinguished Professor in the Department of Geography, University of Manitoba, Canada. He is widely recognized as one of the world's leading authorities on the biosphere and China's environment. He is the author of many books including The Earth's Biosphere, Enriching the Earth, Feeding the World and China's Environment.

1. China's Biophysical Foundations 2. Energy 3. Food 4. Environment 5. Looking Ahead by Looking Back