Peter K. New Award Winner, 2004: Perceptions of Risk from Industrial Pollution in China: A Comparison of Occupational Groups

From: Human Organization | Date: July 1, 2006| Author: | Copyright information

As economic reforms have transformed the People's Republic of China over the past several decades, rapid industrialization has resulted in air and water pollution problems that threaten the health of China's citizens and damage the environment. Small-scale rural factories called "township and village enterprises" play a major role in China's growing pollution problem. However, very little is known about how rural Chinese citizens perceive industrial pollution. This paper examines how community members in an industrial township in China's southwestern province of Sichuan perceive the ...

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