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郭苏建教授主编《美国和中国西部地区环境保护政策与实践》出版
《美国和中国西部地区环境保护政策与实践》
Environmental Protection Policy and Experience in the U.S. and China's Western Regions
Rowman & Littlefield-Lexington, 2010
ISBN: 0-7391-4742-0 / 978-0-7391-4742-9
Book Reviews
"The U.N. Climate Conference in Copenhagen made clear that the fate of the planet rests in large part on the environmental policies of two superpowers, China and the United States. This volume could not be more timely with its analysis and comparison of environmental policy in China and the United States."—Carlos Davidson, San Francisco State University
"The strength of this book lies in the contributors' shared and genuine attempt to explore the potential of mutual learning in environmental protection between the United States and China. The comparative case studies included in the volume are coherent as a whole, and highly relevant to the field of environmental politics individually."—Fengshi Wu, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Abstract
China is a multiethnic country with vast territory, a land of diverse ecosystems. With the drive for industrialization in China and the implementation of "western grand development" strategy in western regions, both governments and people face great challenges in environmental protection and sustainable use of biodiversity resources as a result of growing interaction between human activities and natural environment. To meet the challenges, governments in these regions need to adopt a series of important policy measures, not only to reduce industrial emissions, but also to return farmland to forests and pasture to grasslands and to implement measures of ecological migration to reduce human activities in ecological conservation areas. In this regard, China must not only learn profound lessons from industrialized countries but also search for international cooperation. The United States provides some good comparative case studies on the environmental protection, grassroots environmental management, and conservation policies in western regions This book attempts to address key questions about Chinese and U.S. environmental policies by looking at historical development of environmental protection and current environmental policy in the western regions of the two countries.
List of Contributors
Sheldon Gen; Qian Guo; Shiyuan Hao; Barbara A. Holzman; Joel J. Kassiola; Xiao Hang Liu; Gary W. Pahl; Yin Peng; Guoqing Shi; Fang Sumei; Guan Yi; Li Yujun; Jijiao Zhang; Qiu Zhong; Jian Zhou
Table of Contents
- Introduction: Ecological and Environmental Challenges in China's Western Regions
Shiyuan Hao & Joel J. Kassiola
· Part 1: Lessons from the U.S. Experience for China
- Chapter 1: American Agricultural Conservation as a National Policy: Lessons from the U. S. for China's Great West Development
Qian Guo
- Chapter 2: Grassroots Environmental Management in the Western United States: Can it be a Model for Success for Western China
Barbara A. Holzman & Qian Guo
- Chapter 3: Values Conflict in American Environmental Federalism, with Implications for China
Sheldon Gen
- Chapter 4: Urban Growth Control and Farmland Preservation in West China
Xiao Hang Liu
- Chapter 5: Archaeological Site Management as Environmental Policy in U.S. and China: Implications for Western Expansion in China
Gary W. Pahl
· Part 2: Chinese Environmental Policy and Experience
- Chapter 6: Environmental Consciousness Change: A Comparative Study of USA and PRC (1950-2008)
Qiu Zhong & Guoqing Shi
- Chapter 7: Urban Environmental Protection Policies and their Effects in China
Li Yujun
- Chapter 8: Ecological and Environmental Migration in China: Policy and Practice
Guoqing Shi & Jian Zhou
- Chapter 9: "Cities Besieged by Garbage" and Counter-measures for Environmental Protection in Western Cities: A Case Study of Solid Waste Classification in Kunming
Zhang Jijiao, Li Yujun, Yin Peng & Guan Yi
- Chapter 10: Ecological Migration Practices and the Placement of Migrants and its Impact on Poverty Alleviation and Development: A Case Study of the Huanjiang Maonan Autonomous County Guangxi
Fang Sumei
List Price: $60.00; Cloth 0-7391-4742-0 / 978-0-7391-4742-9; Jun 28, 2010; 214pp | 