TY - JOUR
KW - Intangible cultural heritage
KW - activism
KW - Conservation
KW - Environment
AU - Anne McLaren
AB - The transformation of the natural and built environment over the past three decades has left China with a legacy of environmental degradation and loss of biodiversity. The loss of cultural heritage, including cultural forms associated with the natural ecology, has been just as dramatic. The three studies in this special focus section of Asian Studies Review explore significant issues in environmental conservation, cultural heritage, and grassroots activism in urban and rural China, with an emphasis on the relationship between the natural environment, the transmission of traditional cultural forms, and localised forms of agency or activism. As discussed here, while China s discourse on these issues is strongly influenced by global norms, different regions of China are developing their own individual responses to environmental conservation, the protection of biodiversity, and the ongoing transmission of endangered cultural forms.
DO - 10.1080/10357823.2011.628274
M1 - 4
N2 - The transformation of the natural and built environment over the past three decades has left China with a legacy of environmental degradation and loss of biodiversity. The loss of cultural heritage, including cultural forms associated with the natural ecology, has been just as dramatic. The three studies in this special focus section of Asian Studies Review explore significant issues in environmental conservation, cultural heritage, and grassroots activism in urban and rural China, with an emphasis on the relationship between the natural environment, the transmission of traditional cultural forms, and localised forms of agency or activism. As discussed here, while China s discourse on these issues is strongly influenced by global norms, different regions of China are developing their own individual responses to environmental conservation, the protection of biodiversity, and the ongoing transmission of endangered cultural forms.
SP - 429
EP - 437
TI - Environment and Cultural Heritage in China: Introduction
UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84860670397&doi=10.1080%2f10357823.2011.628274&partnerID=40&md5=5581c13d2b2007fe1438288a968fb7a3
VL - 35
SN - 10357823 (ISSN)
ER -