Chinese research perspectives on the environment, / Volume 6 / editor LIU Jianqiang.

• Superior document: Chinese Research Perspectives on the Environment, Volume 6
• TeilnehmendeR: Liu Jianqiang (Journalist),
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2016]
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Chinese Research Perspectives 6.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (316 pages).
• Notes: Includes indexes.; This volume of the Chinese Research Perspectives on the Environment series is a translation of selections from the 2014 or the 9th edition of the Annual Report on Environment Development of China.

This volume of the Chinese Research Perspectives on the Environment series is a translation of selections from the 2014 or the 9th edition of the Annual Report on Environment Development of China . Friends of Nature, which has been organizing the writing and compilation of the Annual Report, is the first and continues to be one of the most influential Chinese environmental NGO. Articles in the current volume, written by a group of academics, independent scholars, activists and journalists cover recent development in a host of environment-related issues in China, including water and air pollution, the evolving role of NGO, pollution’s impact on human health, progress in environmental legislation and species protection, and the environmental consequences of poor urban planning.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / Liu Jianqiang -- On Environmental and Ecosystem Protection: What Have We Done? / LI Dun -- Competition for Water Resources and Its Economic and Political Implications / Guo Weiqing and Zhou Yu -- Initial Exploration of Environmental NGOs’ Involvement in Environmental Mass Incidents / Li Bo -- Correlation between Water Pollution and Deaths Caused by Digestive Tract Tumors in the Huai River Basin / Yang Gonghuan -- The Urgent Need for an Environment and Health Law: A Study of 63 Health Hazard Incidents / Lv Zhongmei and Huang Kai -- Environmental and Health Risks: Unusual Expansion of Waste Incineration in China Needs Attention / Yang Changjiang -- War on Smog / Liu Xiaoxing -- Smog Brings Widespread and Far-Reaching Impact to Human Health / Lin Na -- Environmental PILs Returned to the Starting Point in 2013 / Lin Yanmei and Wang Xiaoxi -- The Revision of China’s Environmental Protection Law from a Minor Change to a Critical Improvement / Qie Jianrong -- Ecological Red Lines: Concept, Features and Supervision / Zou Changxin -- How to Restore the Siberian Tiger Population at Changbai Mountain / Piao Zhengji -- The Siege of Cities by Chemical Plants: How to Make a Breakthrough? / Peng Liguo -- The 2012 Pollution Information Transparency Index (PITI) Fourth Annual Assessment of Environmental Transparency in 113 Chinese Cities: Bottlenecks and Breakthroughs / Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs (IPE) , Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and China University of Political Science and Law (CUPL) -- The “Last” Report on China’s Rivers / Li Bo , Yao Songqiao , Yu Yin and Guo Qiaoyu -- Report on Applying for the Disclosure of Information on 122 Municipal Solid Waste Incineration Plants across China / Wuhu Ecology Center -- Annual Indexes of the Environment Green Papers 2013—Changing Trends of the Environment in China / Liu Jianqiang -- Major Environmental Incidents and Events in 2013 / Liu Jianqiang -- Index / Liu Jianqiang.