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The Geography of Contemporary China: The Impact of Deng Xiaoping's Decade
The Geography of Contemporary China The Impact of Deng Xiaoping's Decade Author:Terry Cannon China is a vast and complicated country currently undergoing rapid and extensive change, and despite much popular interest, there has been a great need for an introductory, up-to-date geographical survey. This book provides such a survey: the approach is geographical and the emphasis is on spatial and environmental themes. Many of these will be ... more »familiar from the study of the geography of other parts of the world--problems relating to urbanization and rural underdevelopment , for example, or the structure of demographic change. Yet every issue receives a new emphasis because of the unique social and environmental conditions prevalent in China.« less