Description: This title was first published in 2000: An examination of the potential for Chinese ecological agriculture providing a basis for sustainable development in the Chinese countryside. Richard Sanders examines the concept of sustainable development generally and analyzes China's political-economic policies towards the countryside since 1945, the impacts on the environment and the state of China's environmental protection.
Review Quotes: 'The villages and counties that Sanders visited...display sufficient ecological and economic variety to give a good impression of activities at this level. The descriptions and analyses of his case studies consitute half the book...all of which makes for fascinating reading.' The China Journal 'Sanders conducts in-depth case studies...His field work clearly shows that Chinese Ecological Agriculture can be successful, not just in reversing environmental degradation but in promoting economic growth and raising standards of living.' Journal of Asian and African Studies