This book presents a selected literature review and case studies for both physical and virtual water transfer. It offers an overview to showcase the interprovincial physical and virtual water transfer within China, and then demonstrates the effects of both approaches in dealing with regional water scarcity; the three cases presented in the Yangtze River Basin demonstrate the role of physical water transfer in improving water quality and restoring water ecosystems; while a Shanghai case highlights the impact of Shanghai’s virtual water import on water quantity and quality stress to other regions. This book promotes systematic approaches combining both virtual and physical water transfer solutions to deal with water quantity and quality issues. The book is intended for senior undergraduates, graduate students, lecturers and researchers in water management.
The twentieth century witnessed dramatic changes in terms of the structure of society, economics, politics, science, and technology, driving a change in Western literature from traditional to modern: old value systems were shattered; writing approaches and aesthetics changed; writers began to explore the psychological world and expand the discussion of humankind and modern civilization. This title takes classic literature by European and American authors of the twentieth century as research objects in order to comprehensively explore their thoughts, values, aesthetics, and narratives. Six major themes are used as units for analysis—existential meaning, self-identity, war and human nature, growing confusion, love and marriage, and anti-utopia. The authors argue that the six themes extend the themes of traditional literature and epitomize the unique characteristics of twentieth-century Western literature. The book will be of interest to students and scholars of literature, especially Western literature and twentieth-century literature.
This comprehensive directory uses recent data on over 1,200 postsecondary institution in the People's Republic of China. Institutions are listed by provinces or similar regional designations which are arranged alphabetically. An entry for each institution lists the following information: heading/main name (most widely accepted English translation), name in Chinese, Chinese Pinyin (actual pronunciation of Chinese characters in the English alphabet), jurisdiction, other names/translations, type of institution, background, undergraduate enrollment, graduate enrollment, degrees offered, faculty information, volumes in the library, departments and or majors, research/special facilities, address/telephone numbers. An alphabetical listing of all colleges and universities, in both English and Chinese, is provided in an appendix. Additional appendices list all military institutions of higher education and all research institutes, centers or sections that grant advanced degrees but are not affiliated with colleges or universities. (Contains 27 references.) (JB)
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