Environmental Governance and Ecological Construction in China

Author: Pan Jiahua

Publisher:Publication Time: 2016

ISBN: 9787516159804

This book closely examines the theoretical and practical dilemmas of sustainable development in human society, focusing on the construction practice of ecological civilization in China. It clarifies the relationship and differences between ecological civilization and industrial civilization from the aspects of environment, carrying capacity, industrialization, urbanization, natural resource correlation, renewable energy revolution, and the "ceiling" effect of development, revealing that ecological civilization is a form of social civilization relative to industrial civilization. 

It demonstrates the practice of ecological civilization in China, the transformation and enhancement of industrial civilization, has their inevitability and universal applicability, which is a new stage of the social and economic development, thus revealing the scientific and objective nature of the development paradigm of ecological civilization.

This book analyzes and interprets the historical cognition, successful practice, and theoretical innovation of China's ecological civilization, which is groundbreaking in a theoretical way. From a political-economic perspective, it reveals the limitations of the development paradigm of industrial civilization and constructs a discourse system for ecological civilization. In practice, it tells Chinese stories, showcasing the challenges, achievements, and characteristics of China's ecological civilization. It reflects the contradiction and necessity of harmony between China's resource endowment and development needs. This book points out China's efforts  in ecological civilization construction and makes a positive contribution to global sustainable development thinking and practices.