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. |
|---|---|
| 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. |
| Subjects: |
Table of Contents:
- 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.