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- Title
China's environment: challenges and solutions.
- Authors
Qiang, Wu; Wanfang, Zhou; Liang, Zhang
- Abstract
The authors reflect on the environmental challenges in China and the solutions to its deteriorating condition. According to the Ministry of Environmental Protection, all the seven major rivers in the country are polluted and that it is recommended for people to avoid contact with them. They argue that intensified mining of mineral resources is brought by economic growth but it also results to severe environmental problems.
- Subjects
CHINA; CHINA. Ministry of Environmental Protection; MINES &; mineral resources &; the environment; ECONOMIC development &; the environment
- Publication
Environmental Earth Sciences, 2011, Vol 64, Issue 6, p1503
- ISSN
1866-6280
- Publication type
Editorial
- DOI
10.1007/s12665-011-1380-6