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Where the Dragon Meets the Angry River : Nature and Power in the People's Republic of China /

China's meteoric rise to economic powerhouse might be charted with dams. Every river in the country has been tapped to power exploding cities and factories-every river but one. Running through one of the richest natural areas in the world, the Nujiang's raging waters were on the verge of b...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Grumbine, R. Edward
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, DC : Island Press/Center for Resource Economics, 2012.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Table of Contents
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1: The Highest Good
  • Chapter 2: The Frontier and the Middle Kingdom
  • Chapter 3: Under the Jade Dragon
  • Chapter 4: Old Mountains, Young Parks
  • Chapter 5: In the Land of Twelve Thousand Rice Fields
  • Chapter 6: Into the Great Green Triangle
  • Chapter 7: The Dragon Meets the Angry River
  • Chapter 8: China 2020
  • Chapter 9: Conservation with Chinese Characteristics
  • Notes
  • Quotation References
  • Bibliography
  • Acknowledgments
  • Index