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The structure of this book is simple, with the scarcity and waste of different resources – food, water, hydroelectricity, land, forestry, coal, oil, minerals, roads and oceans – all dealt with in their own individual chapters. Ample data and case studies are presented for each. <\/span><\/p>\n

The cultural and systemic roots of this behaviour also are examined. As the authors say, scarcities and abundance do not, in themselves, lead to frugality or waste, and this counter-intuitive fact is an overlooked vulnerability. They hold that, rather than pointing fingers at those responsible for waste, we need to re-examine the laggard cultural beliefs and educational direction that has led to it. <\/span><\/p>\n

Towards the end of their book, the authors express a wish to see a sustainable and conserving society – as will the reader. <\/span><\/p>\n

Poverty and Waste – Worries for China’s Natural Resources<\/i>
\nGuan Zhonglian and Tu Fangxiong
\nHaiyang Press, 2007<\/b><\/div>\n

— By Li Siqi<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

China suffers scarcities of almost all resources in per-capita terms – and yet waste seems to be a national habit. Guan Zhonglian and Tu Fangxiong’s Poverty and Waste – Worries for China’s Natural Resources <\/i>describes the shocking destruction and waste of those resources.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_has_post_settings":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"hashtags":[],"country":[],"class_list":["post-27270","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n\u201cPoverty and Waste\u201d | Dialogue Earth<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"China suffers scarcities of almost all resources in per-capita terms – and yet waste seems to be a national habit. 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