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Index
Cover Page
China’s Past, China’s Future
Title Page
Copyright Page
Illustrations
Tables
Figures
Preface
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
1 Introduction: China’s biophysical foundations
My Chinese experiences
Challenges of understanding
Interdisciplinary perspectives
2 Energy
Half a century of advances: China’s energy 1950—2000
The continuing importance of traditional energies: on muscles, wood and straw
A failed strategy: small is not always beautiful
From a new Saudi Arabia to concerns about oil security: the ups and downs of China’s oil industry
A remarkable shift in energy intensities: a closer look at an unexpected achievement
Notes
3 Food
The world’s greatest famine: its origins, toll and inexplicable neglect
From subsistence to satiety: food supply and agricultural transformation
Dietary transitions: eating better, wasting more
Nitrogen in China’s agriculture: an unorthodox history
Can China feed itself ? Concerns and solutions
Notes
4 Environment
Attitudes and constraints: constancy and change
The first of the five elements: China’s water
China’s environment and security: simple myths and complex realities
The cost of China’s environmental change: quantifying the economic impact
Megaprojects and China’s environment: a tale of two dams and rapid trains
Notes
5 Looking ahead by looking back
Failed forecasts
Contending trends
Appendix: Units of measurement and quantitative abbreviations
Bibliography
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