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Local Environmental Politics in China
Challenges and Innovations
Knowledge and insight in national environmental governance in China is widespread. However, increasingly it has been acknowledged that the major problems in guiding the Chinese economy and society towards sustainability are to be found at the local level. This book illuminates the fast-changing...
To Be Published October 31st 2013 by Routledge
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The Ecological Modernisation Reader
Environmental Reform in Theory and Practice
Environmental reform by governmental, intergovernmental agencies, private firms and industries and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) is a worldwide phenomenon. This definitive collection showcases an introduction to Ecological Modernisation Theory; state-of-the-art review essays by key...
Published July 19th 2009 by Routledge
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Environmental Governance in China
Series: Routledge Research in Environmental Politics
This is the first examination of how China is currently dealing with environmental problems and challenges, and of its successes, failures and dilemmas. This new book gives special attention to the development of ‘environmental governance’ in contemporary China, especially on the urban industrial...
Published December 23rd 2007 by Routledge
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Ecological Modernisation Around the World
Perspectives and Critical Debates
Series: Environmental Politics
The idea of ecological modernisation originated in Western Europe in the 1980s, gaining attention around the world by the late 1990s. At the core of this social scientific and policy-oriented approach is the view that contemporary societies have the capability of dealing with their environmental...
Published March 31st 2000 by Routledge