Chinese Climate and Environmental Evolution Up and Down

Author: Qin Dahe Chen Yiyu
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Publish Date: 2005-08-01
Features: This book is a scientific report on the evolution of China's climate and environment. It is divided into two volumes. The first volume is primarily based on the research findings of Chinese scientists, with a focus on the climate and environmental changes in East Asia. It evaluates the climate and environmental evolution in China over the past century to a thousand years, elaborates on the basic facts of regional climate and environmental changes in China and related major events, and analyzes the causes of China's climate change (including natural and human-induced factors). On this basis, climate models are applied to predict the future trends of China's climate and environmental changes over the next 20, 50, and 100 years. The second volume first analyzes the potential impacts of climate change on natural ecosystems and socio-economic systems. It then assesses the situation and adaptation issues of climate change in major regions of China under the framework of sustainable development. It explores the pros and cons of climate change on socio-economic development, as well as its impact on major projects such as the South-to-North Water Diversion Project, the Three Gorges Dam, and the Qinghai-Tibet Railway. Finally, it conducts a socio-economic analysis under adaptation and mitigation strategies for climate change, and proposes consulting recommendations on development concepts, decision-making mechanisms, sound legal systems, environmental construction, and climate change. This book can serve as a reference for researchers in related fields such as meteorology, environment, hydrology, ecology, government management personnel, and university teachers and students.