Readings for Unit 6: Current Problems: Pollution

Wednesday, February 18: The Problem

Like lambs to the slaughter
They're drinking the water
And breathing the air
Tom Lehrer

"The Cost of Environmental Change," pp. 178-203 in Smil, China's Past, China's Future
Edward Vermeer, "Industrial Pollution in China," in Edmonds, Managing the Chinese Environment
Judith Bannister, "Population, Public Health, and the Environment in China, in Edmonds, Managing the Chinese Environment
Changhua Wu, et al., "Water Pollution and Human Health in China"

Monday, February 23: The Costs of Cleanup

Samuel P.S. Ho and Y. Y. Kueh, "Approaches to Controlling Industrial Pollution," chapter 7 in Sustainable Development in South China
Samuel P.S. Ho, et al., Rural non-agricultural development in post-reform China: Growth, development patterns, and issues, Pacific Affairs, 1995
John G. Taylor and Xie Qingshu, "Wuhan: Policies for Management and Improvement of a Polluted City" in Terry Cannon, ed., China's Economic Growth: The Impact on Regions, Migration, and the Environment, 2000

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