China's Economic Growth: The Impact on Regions, Migration and the Environment - Paperback

by T. Cannon (Editor)

Economic reforms in China began in 1979 and initiated some of the most fundamental changes ever to occur in any country. While allowing some of the most astonishing economic growth the world has seen, they have also induced some of the most profound social and environmental shifts.

Author Biography

TERRY CANNON is Reader in Third World Development Studies at the University of Greenwich. He is author of many papers and chapters on China, in particular the impact of the economic reforms on various sectors. He co-edited The Geography of Contemporary China: the Impact of Deng Xiaoping's Decade (1990), and co-wrote At Risk: Natural Hazards, Peoples' Vulnerability and Disasters (1994).