num_pages: 280
description: In 1982, Vaclav Smil turned upside down traditional perceptions of China as a green paradise in "The Bad Earth", a disturbing book. This new volume, drawn on a much broader canvas, updates and expands on the basic arguments and perceptions of "The Bad Earth". This book is not a systematic litany of what went wrong and how much - but rather an inquiry into the fundamental factors, needs, prospects, and limits of modern Chinese society, all seen through the critical environmental constraints and impacts.
language: English
title: China's Environmental Crisis: An Enquiry Into the Limits of National Development
titlecomplete: China's Environmental Crisis: An Enquiry Into the Limits of National Development
genres: Environment, China
ratings_count: 13
awards: awardedAt: 788947200000
name: Joseph Levenson Book Prize
category: Post-1900
publisher: Routledge