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目录:
1 Introduction: China’s biophysical foundations 1
My Chinese experiences 1
Challenges of understanding 4
Interdisciplinary perspectives 7
2 Energy 9
Half a century of advances 9
The continuing importance of traditional energies 27
A failed strategy 42
From a new Saudi Arabia to concerns about oil security 52
A remarkable shift in energy intensities 60
3 Food 72
The world’s greatest famine 73
From subsistence to satiety 87
Dietary transitions 99
Nitrogen in China’s agriculture 109
Can China feed itself ? 120
4 Environment 141
Attitudes and constraints 142
The first of the five elements 152
China’s environment and security 168
The cost of China’s environmental change 178
Megaprojects and China’s environment 190
5 Looking ahead by looking back 207
Failed forecasts 207
Contending trends 212
Appendix 216
Bibliography 217
Index 229