China’s huge environmental challenges are significant for us all. They affect not only the health and well-being of China but the very future of the planet.
In this trailblazing book, noted China specialist and environmentalist Judith Shapiro investigates China’s struggle to achieve sustainable development against a backdrop of acute rural poverty and soaring middle class consumption. Using five core analytical concepts to explore the complexities of this struggle - the implications of globalization, the challenges of governance; contested national identity, the evolution of civil society and problems of environmental justice and equity - Shapiro poses a number of pressing questions: Do the Chinese people have the right to the higher living standards enjoyed in the developed world? Are China's environmental problems so severe that they may shake the government's stability, legitimacy and control? To what extent are China’s environmental problems due to patterns of Western consumption? And in a world of increasing limits on resources and pollution "sinks," is it even possible to build an equitable system in which people enjoy equal access to resources without taking them from successive generations, from the poor, or from other species?
China and the planet are at a pivotal moment; the path towards a more sustainable development model is still open. But - as Shapiro persuasively argues - making this choice will require humility, creativity, and a rejection of business as usual. The window of opportunity will not be open much longer.
1 有用 纪恩同学 2014-06-25 11:34:53
真的是textbook.....
0 有用 查克同志 2016-04-05 13:33:41
夏竹丽对中国环境及社会问题的了解十分透彻,私下是一位对北京政府有强烈立场的国际友人。
0 有用 PhotoniKaka 2014-07-13 06:44:20
分析的全面并且到位。感觉缺乏一定深度,不过当教材再好不过了。作者确实是在中国摸爬滚打过的。(文风莫名让我想到高中教材ASR
0 有用 Ariga Riku 2017-08-07 19:23:16
在读了一些相关文献后,再来读这本,感觉好多了。
0 有用 Alsasymphonie 2021-05-22 15:44:05
很明显是课本来的,问题基本比较全面,例证也多,现象和一些形而上的理论思考结合在一起,而且提供了很多研究方向指引,入门人士还是能学到不少东西。夏女士真是恳切又亲华(。)马上去看她的新书。
0 有用 Alsasymphonie 2021-05-22 15:44:05
很明显是课本来的,问题基本比较全面,例证也多,现象和一些形而上的理论思考结合在一起,而且提供了很多研究方向指引,入门人士还是能学到不少东西。夏女士真是恳切又亲华(。)马上去看她的新书。
0 有用 🐶二狗子🐶 2020-11-04 08:51:37
每个学期学费一万五美金,结果毕业课程要我读这??
0 有用 Ariga Riku 2017-08-07 19:23:16
在读了一些相关文献后,再来读这本,感觉好多了。
0 有用 查克同志 2016-04-05 13:33:41
夏竹丽对中国环境及社会问题的了解十分透彻,私下是一位对北京政府有强烈立场的国际友人。
0 有用 陈TC 2015-12-26 13:36:06
Environmental issues are becoming China's top priority, and it is the turning point for China, "Human must conquer nature" is not valid anymore.