Managing the Chinese environment / edited by Richard Louis Edmonds.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Studies on China's environment / Richard Louis Edmonds -- The environmental legacy of imperial China / Mark Elvin -- The organization of environmental protection in China / Abigail R. Jahiel -- Environmental regulation in the People's Republic of China: the face of domestic law / Michael Palmer -- China: environmental protection, domestic policy trends, patterns of participation in regimes and compliance with international norms / Lester Ross -- China's land resources, environment and agricultural production / Robert F. Ash and Richard Louis Edmonds -- Is China living on the water margin? / James E. Nickum -- Environmental issues and the south-north water transfer scheme / Liu Changming -- Recent trends in forestry and conservation of biodiversity in China / James Harkness -- China's energy and resource uses: continuity and change / Vaclav Smil -- Industrial pollution in China and remedial policies / Eduard B. Vermeer -- Population, public health and the environment in China / Judith Banister -- Business opportunities for foreign firms related to China's environment / Bruce Tremayne and Penny De Waal.