This work looks at the impact of economic reforms in China, firstly on the demography of the country (especially migration and urbanization), and secondly on the environment. It also examines environmental degradation in relation to natural processes and human efforts to mitigate their effects.

Economic reforms in China began in 1979 and initiated some of the most fundamental changes ever to occur in any country. While allowing some of the most astonishing economic growth the world has seen, they have also induced some of the most profound social and environmental shifts. This volume looks at two aspects of the impacts of the reforms, firstly on the demography of the country (especially migration and urbanization), and secondly on the environment. A third section examines various problems of environmental degradation in relation to natural processes and human efforts to mitigate their effects.

List of Tables and Figures - Preface - Notes on Chinese Terms - Notes on the Contributors - Introduction: The Economic Reforms, Demographic Processes and Environmental Problems: T.Cannon - PART I: DEMOGRAPHIC PROCESSES AND THE ECONOMIC REFORMS - Pressures of Development on China's Cities and Regions
I.G.Cook - Patterns of Migration under the Reforms
M.Messkoub &
D.Davin - The Floating Population in China's Cities: A New Ethnic Underclass?
C.J.Smith - Family Planning and Fertility Among Temporary Migrants
C.Hoy - PART II: ECONOMIC GROWTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS - Wuhan: Policies for Management and Improvement of a Polluted City: J.G.Taylor &
X.Qingshu - Recent Developments and Prospects for the Sanxia (Three Gorges) Dam
R.L.Edmonds - World Bank Policies, Energy Conservation and Emissions Reduction
L.Gan - Urban Transport in China: Whither the Bicycle?
A.Spencer - Is Ecological Agriculture Sustainable in China?
R.Saunders - PART III: EROSION PROBLEMS AND POLICIES - Assessing and Managing the Soil Erosion Problem in Southern China
D.Higgitt - Soil Erosion and Conservation on Subtropical Arable Soils in Yunnan Province, south-west China
M.Fullen, D.J.Mitchell, A.P.Bartin, T.J.Hocking, L.Liguang, W.B.Zhi, Z.Yi &
X.Z.Yuan - Erosion in Deep Gorges: The Leaping Tiger Gorge on the Upper Yangtze
D.Watts &
Z.Yue - Index