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...
| Main Author: | Grumbine, R. Edward. |
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| Other Authors: | SpringerLink (Online service) |
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Washington, DC :
Island Press : Shearwater Books,
©2010.
Washington, DC : [2010] |
| Physical Description: |
1 online resource (236 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : color illustrations, map. |
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| Summary: |
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 being dammed when a 2004government moratorium halted construction. Might the Chinese dragon bow to the "Angry River"? Would Beijing put local people and their land ahead of power and profit? Could this remote region actually become a model for sustainable growth? -- Publisher Summary. |
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| Item Description: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-228) and index. Introduction -- The Highest Good -- The Frontier and the Middle Kingdom -- Under the Jade Dragon -- Old Mountains, Young Parks -- In the Land of Twelve Thousand Rice Fields -- Into the Great Green Triangle -- The Dragon Meets the Angry River -- China 2020 -- Conservation with Chinese Characteristics. 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 being dammed when a 2004government moratorium halted construction. Might the Chinese dragon bow to the "Angry River"? Would Beijing put local people and their land ahead of power and profit? Could this remote region actually become a model for sustainable growth? -- Publisher Summary. |
| Physical Description: |
1 online resource (236 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : color illustrations, map. |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-228) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781597268110 1597268119 |