"In the nineteenth century, the Qing empire experienced a period of profound turmoil caused by an unprecedented conjunction of natural disasters, internal rebellions, and foreign incursions. The imperial government responded to these calamities by introducing an array of new policies and...

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Figures, Charts, Tables, Boxes and Appendixes -- About the Contributors -- Introduction -- 1 Economic Development, Resource Governance and Globalisation: The Growth of China's Resources Companies -- 2 Resource Security and Corporate Social...

Introduction -- Index system, method, and application of natural resources evaluation -- Efficiency evaluation of energy and resource utilization at the regional level in China -- Spatial differences in water–energy system coupling relationship -- Study on the economic effects of efficient...