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Informationen zum Autor Edited by Sujian Guo; Joel J. Kassiola and Jijiao Zhang - Contributions by 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; Qiu Zhong and Jian Zhou Klappentext Environmental scholars and specialists from U.S. and China provide insightful comparisons and analyses of environmental protection policy and experience in the U.S. and ChinaOs western regions. A special focus is provided on the lessons of the U.S. experience for environmental protection in ChinaOs western regions, the biological and environmental challenges facing China in the western regions, and responses and strategies China has adopted in coping with them. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Introduction: Ecological and Environmental Challenges in China's Western Regions Part 2 Part 1: Lessons from the U.S. Experience for China Chapter 3 Chapter 1: American Agricultural Conservation as a National Policy: Lessons from the U. S. for China's Great West Development Chapter 4 Chapter 2: Grassroots Environmental Management in the Western United States: Can it be a Model for Success for Western China Chapter 5 Chapter 3: Values Conflict in American Environmental Federalism, with Implications for China Chapter 6 Chapter 4: Urban Growth Control and Farmland Preservation in West China Chapter 7 Chapter 5: Archaeological Site Management as Environmental Policy in U.S. and China: Implications for Western Expansion in China Part 8 Part 2: Chinese Environmental Policy and Experience Chapter 9 Chapter 6: Environmental Consciousness Change: A Comparative Study of USA and PRC (1950-2008) Chapter 10 Chapter 7: Urban Environmental Protection Policies and their Effects in China Chapter 11 Chapter 8: Ecological and Environmental Migration in China: Policy and Practice Chapter 12 Chapter 9: "Cities Besieged by Garbage" and Counter-measures for Environmental Protection in Western Cities: A Case Study of Solid Waste Classification in Kunming Chapter 13 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...
