[Asia's Transformations_Critical Asian Scholarship] Vaclav Smil - China's Past, China's Future (2003, Routledge)

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2、orexaminesChina’senergyresources,theiruses,impactsandprospects,fromthe1970soilcrisistothepresentday,beforeanalyzingthekeyquestionofhowChinacanbestproduceenoughfoodtofeeditsenormouspopulation.Inansweringthisquestiontheentirefoodchain–theenvironmentalsetting,post-harvestlosses,

3、foodprocessing,accesstofoodandactualnutritionalrequirements–isexamined,aswellasthemosteffectivemethodsofagriculturalmanagement.Thefinalchaptersfocusuponthedramaticcosttothecountry’senvironmentcausedbyChina’srapidindustrialization.Thewidespreadenviron-mentalproblemsdiscussedin

4、clude:•waterandairpollution•watershortage•soilerosion•deforestation•desertification•lossofbiodiversityInconclusion,SmilarguesthatthedeclineoftheChineseecosystemandenviron-mentalpollutionhascostChinaabout10percentofherannualGDP.Thisbookprovidesthebestavailablesynthesisontheenv

5、ironmentalconse-quencesofChina’seconomicreformprogram,andwillproveessentialreadingtoscholarswithaninterestinChinaandtheenvironment.VaclavSmilisDistinguishedProfessorintheFacultyofEnvironment,UniversityofManitoba,Canada.Heiswidelyrecognizedasoneoftheworld’sleadingauthoritieson

6、thebiosphereandChina’senvironment.Heistheauthorofmanybooks,includingTheEarth’sBiosphere,EnrichingtheEarth,FeedingtheWorldandChina’sEnvironment.Asia’stransformationsEditedbyMarkSeldenBinghamtonUniversityandCornellUniversity,USAThebooksinthisseriesexplorethepolitical,social,eco

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