Climate risk and resilience in China
by Nadin, Rebecca, Opitz-Stapleton, Sarah, Xu, Yinlong
by Nadin, Rebecca, Opitz-Stapleton, Sarah, Xu, Yinlong
Today opponents of large-scale dam projects in China, rather than being greeted with indifference or repression, are part of the hydropower policymaking process itself. What accounts for this dramatic change in this critical policy area surrounding China's insatiable quest for e…
"In China's Water Warriors, Andrew C. Mertha argues that as China has become increasingly market-driven, decentralized, and politically heterogeneous, the control and management of water has transformed from an unquestioned economic imperative to a lightning rod of bureaucratic …
"In China's Water Warriors, Andrew C. Mertha argues that as China has become increasingly market-driven, decentralized, and politically heterogeneous, the control and management of water has transformed from an unquestioned economic imperative to a lightning rod of bureaucratic …
Today opponents of large-scale dam projects in China, rather than being greeted with indifference or repression, are part of the hydropower policymaking process itself. What accounts for this dramatic change in this critical policy area surrounding China's insatiable quest for e…
Tibetans have experienced waves of genocide since the 1950s. Now they are facing ecocide. The Himalayan snowcaps are in meltdown mode, due to climate change--accelerated by a rain of black soot from massive burning of coal and other fuels in both China and India. The mighty rive…