Chapter 12: The Environment: Crises and Response Copyright © 2016 by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. All rights reserved.

Copyright © 2016 by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. All rights reserved. Figure 12.1 China’s International Trade Volume by Region: 2013

Copyright © 2016 by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. All rights reserved. Figure 12.2 Mean Per Capita Water Resources by Province for China: 2013

Copyright © 2016 by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. All rights reserved. Figure 12.3 Carbon Dioxide Emissions for China’s 150 Largest Cities in 2012

Copyright © 2016 by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. All rights reserved. Figure 12.4 Estimated Number of Smog Alert Days Per Year for China: 2013

Copyright © 2016 by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. All rights reserved. Figure 12.5 Acid Rain “Hot Spots” in China: 2000–2014

Copyright © 2016 by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. All rights reserved. Figure 12.6 Sampled Levels of Antibiotics in China’s 58 River Basins: 2014

Copyright © 2016 by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. All rights reserved. Figure 12.7 A Comparison of Provincial Mean Per Capita Water Resources and Cultivated Area Sown to all Crops in 2013

Photo 12.1, Gregory Veeck Copyright © 2016 by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. All rights reserved. Green houses constructed on urban construction site in Changchun, Jilin Province, 2008

Photo 12.2 Gregory Veeck Copyright © 2016 by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. All rights reserved. Plastic Mulch used to grow tomato plants in sandy soil near Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province, 2002

Photo 12.3, Gregory Veeck Copyright © 2016 by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. All rights reserved. Sanluenche (Three wheel motorized cart) used to haul water to livestock near Mandula, Damao, Inner Mongolia after the local wells all failed, 2006