This book is particularly concerned with China’s path to green development and how it can be understood, exploring questions such as how the goal of Chinese-led green development can be achieved. The book provides systematic explanations of the theory of green development, exploring its...

Chapter1: Ecological Civilizations Guide to Construction of Beautiful Zhejiang -- Chapter2: Development of Ecologial Economy for Energy Conservation and Environment Protection -- Chapter3: Environment Protection of the Beautiful Ecology -- Chapter4: Heritage of Ecological Culture - “Nature and...

Preface -- The Boom of Local Green Development in China -- China's Local Green Development Background -- A Run-Down City Regains Competence: Shanghai -- A Polluted City's Path Towards Low-Carbon Pioneering: Baoding -- A Poor County's Green Leap Forward: "Green Rising-Up" in Wuning -- A...

Environmental values, civil society, and sustainability in post-reform China -- The development imperative -- Saying farewell to communal capital -- The environmental costs of progress -- Pollution, perceptions, and environmental values -- Civil society and the politics of pollution enforcement...