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Changes in Environmental Policy in the Past 40 Years of Reform and Opening-Up Read chapter Read first chapter

2021 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

Ecological Civilization is Not Equal to Green Industrial Civilization

Author : Yongsheng Zhang

Published in: Beautiful China: 70 Years Since 1949 and 70 People’s Views on Eco-civilization Construction

Publisher: Springer Singapore

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Abstract

The industrial civilization doubtlessly represents huge progress of mankind, but as traditional industrial mode is unsustainable, ecological civilization has become the only choice to achieve sustainable development. When we discuss ecological civilization, one typical thinking is to equate it with green industrial civilization, which hopes to resolve environmental problems through technological progress under the traditional industrial mode.

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Metadata
Title
Ecological Civilization is Not Equal to Green Industrial Civilization
Author
Yongsheng Zhang
Copyright Year
2021
Publisher
Springer Singapore
Book
Beautiful China: 70 Years Since 1949 and 70 People’s Views on Eco-civilization Construction

Print ISBN: 978-981-336-741-8

Electronic ISBN: 978-981-336-742-5

Copyright Year: 2021

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-33-6742-5_50