Research on Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change in China

Author: Edited by Liu Yanhua
Language: English
ISBN/ISSN: 7502940227
Published on: 2005-01
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This report is the first one of a series of national reports that CNC-IHDP will compile successively in the future. It describes the research programmes on HDGEC in China. The report consists of two parts. The first part introduces challenges, opportunities, and research strategies in China. The second part introduces the current progress and problems of the research, key scientific issues, priority research areas, measures of capacity building and cooperative opportunities from seven aspects, i. e., LUCC, Coastal Zone, industrial transformation, urbanization, human health, risk governance, and service of data and information.

Contents

Preface
1 Research Orientation of Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change(HDGEC)
2 Overview on Human Activities and Remarkable Environmental Change in China
3 Land Use and Land Cover Change Study in China
4 Research on Land-Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone (LOICZ II) in China
5 Research on Industrial Transformation in China
6 Research on Urbanization in China
7 Global Environment Changes and Human Health of China
8 Research on risk governance in China
9 Information/Data Systems and Services for IHDP in China
10 Other Major Problems Related to the HDGEC in China
Appendix: Brief Introduction to the CNC-IHDP