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Title
The geography of contemporary China / Jing'ai Wang, Shunlin Liang, Peijun Shi.
ISBN
9783031041587 (electronic bk.)
3031041585 (electronic bk.)
3031041577
9783031041570
Publication Details
Chian, Switzerland : Springer, 2022.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource
Item Number
10.1007/978-3-031-04158-7 doi
Call Number
DS706.7
Dewey Decimal Classification
915.1
Summary
This textbook provides a comprehensive and very detailed insight into Chinese Contemporary Geography in English. It documents the geographical issues associated with China's rapid growth. Since initiating the reforms and open policy, China has achieved tremendous success. China's rapid growth is now a driving force in the global economy and is achieving unprecedented rates of poverty reduction. However, China also faces a number of sustainability and emerging challenges associated with rapid growth such as growing regional disparities in terms of per capita income and social-economic development, sustainable resource development, and issues related to regional and global economic integration. In addition, rapid economic growth has also brought about major challenges such as resource shortages, ecological and environmental destruction, land degradation and frequent disasters. This book presents the authors reflections. This lavishly illustrated book covers physical geography, history, and economic and political systems of the world's most populous country. The major focus is on geographical issues in China's contemporary development: agriculture, population, urbanization, resource and energy, and environment. The lead author of the book has taught relevant courses in China for three decades, and authored and edited multiple textbooks for Chinese students. This book will appeal to undergraduate students of geography and related disciplines with a regional focus on China and to the general reader who wants to learn different geographical aspects of modern China with little academic background in geography.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Source of Description
Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed July 13, 2022).
Series
World regional geography book series.
Available in Other Form
Print version: 9783031041570
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Territory and Geopolitics
Chapter 3. Topography and Landforms
Chapter 4. Climate and Climate Change
Chapter 5. Hydrology and Water Resources
Chapter 6. Land Cover and Land Use
Chapter 7. Natural Resources and Energy
Chapter 8. Land Degradation and Ecological Restoration
Chapter 9. Environmental Pollution and Protection
Chapter 10. Natural Disasters
Chapter 11. Population and Urbanization
Chapter 12. Economic Geography
Chapter 13. Chinas Opening-up and Trade
Chapter 14. Tourism Geography
Chapter 15. Sustainable Development
Index.
