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Where the Dragon Meets the Angry River

Where the Dragon Meets the Angry River

by R. Edward Grumbine

  • SCIENCE
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 236 PAGES

An expert on environmental issues, Ed Grumbine travels to the far corners of China's Yunnan province, visiting both backcountry villages and burgeoning tourist towns, talking with trekking guides, schoolchildren and rural farmers in this investigation on the impact of taming the region's wild rivers for hydroelectric power.  (CHN708, $21.95)


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