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China’s new Consumerism
Daniel K. Gardner
in Environmental Pollution in China: What Everyone Needs to Know®
What Are Some of the Consuming Traits of a More Well-to-Do China?
As China’s GDP has grown, so has the wealth of its people. In January 2016 China was home to more billionaires ...
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China’s Pollution and the World
Daniel K. Gardner
in Environmental Pollution in China: What Everyone Needs to Know®
How Has Globalization Contributed to China’s Pollution?
As discussed in Chapter 3, globalization has fueled much of the economic growth China has enjoyed since 1980. With its large ...
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Economic Development and the Environment
Daniel K. Gardner
in Environmental Pollution in China: What Everyone Needs to Know®
What Accounts for China’s Economic Growth Since the Late 20th Century?
Mao Zedong died in 1976, and two years later Deng Xiaoping became China’s paramount leader. Convinced that ...
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Historical Background
Daniel K. Gardner
in Environmental Pollution in China: What Everyone Needs to Know®
What Are Some of the Main Environmental Challenges China Has Faced Historically?
By the end of the first millennium BCE, the population in China was already 50 million; by 1000 CE ...
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Overview
Daniel K. Gardner
in Environmental Pollution in China: What Everyone Needs to Know®
Why Should We Be Interested in China’s Environmental Pollution?
Is it China’s problem alone when its particulate matter makes its way downwind to Korea and Japan, blanketing them ...
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Pollution and Public Health
Daniel K. Gardner
in Environmental Pollution in China: What Everyone Needs to Know®
What Are the Major Health Consequences of Air, Water, and Soil Pollution?
When the smog settles in, coughing, wheezing, watering of the eyes, and shortness of breath are common, ...
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Pollution and the Public Response
Daniel K. Gardner
in Environmental Pollution in China: What Everyone Needs to Know®
What Are the Public’s Sources of Environmental Information?
Environmental information is more widely available than ever, from an increasingly wide range of sources.
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The Search for Cleaner Energy
Daniel K. Gardner
in Environmental Pollution in China: What Everyone Needs to Know®
Where Is China’s Coal Consumption Trending?
Coal has been the primary energy source driving China’s recent “economic miracle.” In 2000 the country went through 1.5 billion tons of ...
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Soil Pollution and Agriculture
Daniel K. Gardner
in Environmental Pollution in China: What Everyone Needs to Know®
How Much of China’s Land Is Contaminated?
China’s land area is about 3.7 million square miles (world’s third largest after Russia and Canada). Roughly 11.5% to 15%, depending on ...
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The State and Environmental Pollution
Daniel K. Gardner
in Environmental Pollution in China: What Everyone Needs to Know®
Has the Chinese Government Been Responsive to the Challenges Posed by Pollution?
Premier Li Keqiang’s 2014 declaration of “war on pollution” was meant to signal to the Chinese ...
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Water Contamination and Water Scarcity
Daniel K. Gardner
in Environmental Pollution in China: What Everyone Needs to Know®
What Is Contaminating China’s Water Resources?
Viewed in the context of the skyrocketing industrialization, urbanization, and population growth of the past 30 years, the widespread ...
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What’s Happening to China’s Air?
Daniel K. Gardner
in Environmental Pollution in China: What Everyone Needs to Know®
How Does China’s Air Pollution Compare with Air Pollution Elsewhere?
It depends on who is doing the surveying (e.g., the WHO or World Bank), the metric used (e.g., PM10, PM2.5, or ...
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