Yangtze River by Tracy B Maloney (9781626182851)

Description - Yangtze River by Tracy B Maloney

The Yangtze River is Asia's longest river and the third longest river in the world. This book explores the Yangtze River's geography, pollution, and environmental implications. Topics discussed include chlorinated organic contaminants in surface sediments of the Yangtze River estuary and adjacent East China Sea; environmental and land-use changes in the Tibetan Plateau section of the Upper Yangtze River Basin during the last fifty years; hydro-development, the environmental and cultural sustainability of the Yangtze River; innovative solutions for the Yangtze River's water crisis; environmental flows research methodology in the rivers of China; and urban development and its impacts on energy and resource consumptions in the Yangtze River Delta.

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Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning »
Geography »
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Deltas, estuaries, coastal regions

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Yangtze River

Geography, Pollution & Environmental Implications

Tracy B Maloney

Boyce R Hutchins

Description - Yangtze River by Tracy B Maloney

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