The devouring dragon : how China's rise threatens the natural world
Simons, Craig2013
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The horrifying pollution within China is well-known. What's not so well-known is China's devastating impact on the world. The Devouring Dragon looks at how an ascending China has surpassed the U.S. and Europe as the worst-polluting superpower.
Main title:
The devouring dragon : how China's rise threatens the natural world / by Craig Simons
Author:
Imprint:
Melbourne Scribe Publications 2013
Collation:
289 pages maps
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (page [231]-270) and index.
Contents:
Part I: China's Baseline: The Yangtze -- Baselines -- The Three Gorges Dam -- Part II: Life on the Brink: Tiger, tiger, burning bright -- The sixth great extinction -- Corbett National Park -- Part III: Our Shrinking Forests: A forest laid flat -- New Guinea -- Our future forests -- Part IV: Our Warming Skies: Time travel -- Hopenhagen
ISBN:
9781922070616 (paperback)
Dewey class:
363.7095 DEV
Local class:
363.7095
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
42020
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penrith | Nonfiction | 363.7095 DEV | Available |