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THE ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGE AND HEALTH SECURITY IN CHINA

https://doi.org/10.24057/2071-9388-2010-3-3-42-55

Abstract

China has achieved impressive rapid development over the past 30 years. But China also faces the challenge of environmental change resulting from rapid economic growth and the attendant risks to human health. In this paper we described the environmental change and health risk in China from evident fluctuation of China’s climate, major changes in natural hydrological condition, raw materials and energy demand, changes of disease epidemic pattern related to climate change and ecosystem damage, new health risk raised by rapid urbanization and rural environmental quality degradation. The suggestion and countermeasures were discussed.

About the Authors

Wang Wuyi

China
Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China


Yang Linsheng

China
Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101


Li Yonghua

China
Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101


Li Hairong

China
Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101


Ye Bixiong

China
Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101


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Wuyi W., Linsheng Ya., Yonghua L., Hairong L., Bixiong Ye. THE ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGE AND HEALTH SECURITY IN CHINA. GEOGRAPHY, ENVIRONMENT, SUSTAINABILITY. 2010;3(3):42-55. https://doi.org/10.24057/2071-9388-2010-3-3-42-55

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