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The Struggle for Sustainability in Rural China: Environmental Values and Civil Society
Bryan Tilt
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Paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages, B&W Photos: 4,, Maps: 3,, Figures: 2,. BIC Classification: 1FPC; RNP; RNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 228 x 150 x 9. Weight in Grams: 310. Environmental Values and Civil Society. 216 pages, illustrations. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1FPC; RNP; RNU. Dimension: 228 x 150 x 9. Weight: 320.
Though China's economy is projected to become the world's largest within the next twenty years, industrial pollution threatens both the health of the country's citizens and the natural resources on which their economy depends. Capturing the consequences of this reality, Bryan Tilt conducts an in-depth, ethnographic study of Futian Township, a rural community reeling from pollution. The industrial township is located in the populous southwestern province of Sichuan. Three local factories-a zinc smelter, a coking plant, and a coal-washing plant-produce air and water pollution that far exceeds the standards set by the World Health Organization and China's Ministry of Environmental ... Read more
Though China's economy is projected to become the world's largest within the next twenty years, industrial pollution threatens both the health of the country's citizens and the natural resources on which their economy depends. Capturing the consequences of this reality, Bryan Tilt conducts an in-depth, ethnographic study of Futian Township, a rural community reeling from pollution. The industrial township is located in the populous southwestern province of Sichuan. Three local factories-a zinc smelter, a coking plant, and a coal-washing plant-produce air and water pollution that far exceeds the standards set by the World Health Organization and China's Ministry of Environmental ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231150019
SKU
V9780231150019
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1
About Bryan Tilt
Bryan Tilt is assistant professor of anthropology at Oregon State University. His research focuses on economic development and environmental protection in China, and he has conducted ethnographic fieldwork in Sichuan and Yunnan provinces.
Reviews for The Struggle for Sustainability in Rural China: Environmental Values and Civil Society
Tilt's remarkable... timely book, which offers a major contribution to the study of China and environmental governance in the developing world.
Anna Lora-Wainwright The China Journal An interesting and illuminating book for scholars who wish to understand the present ecological situation in rural China and the daily conflict between values and actions that confront the local governments and citizens ... Read more
Anna Lora-Wainwright The China Journal An interesting and illuminating book for scholars who wish to understand the present ecological situation in rural China and the daily conflict between values and actions that confront the local governments and citizens ... Read more