Chinese Perceptions of the Environment
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Date
1997-06
Authors
Fang, Hong
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Publisher
University of Oregon
Abstract
How to protect the global environment and how to obtain
a sustainable development are the major concerns of the
international community today. China, with the biggest
population and the highest economic growth rate in the last
decade, has become the center of the concern. This thesis
presents and analyzes some contemporary Chinese perceptions
of the environment . It tries to provide a historical origin
and a cultural context for these Chinese perceptions of the
environment . Everybody in China today has become the daily
decision maker for the environment . Since the Chinese
perceptions of environment, in some degree, decides the
Chinese environmental behaviors, an understanding of t hese
perceptions is important for China's environmental law
enforcement and the promotion of public participation in
China's environmental protection .
Description
85 pages