List of Tables and Figures Preface Notes on Chinese Terms Notes on the Contributors Introduction: The Economic Reforms, Demographic Processes and Environmental Problems: T.Cannon PART I: DEMOGRAPHIC PROCESSES AND THE ECONOMIC REFORMS Pressures of Development on China's Cities and Regions; I.G.Cook Patterns of Migration under the Reforms; M.Messkoub & D.Davin The Floating Population in China's Cities: A New Ethnic Underclass?; C.J.Smith Family Planning and Fertility Among Temporary Migrants; C.Hoy PART II: ECONOMIC GROWTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS Wuhan: Policies for Management and Improvement of a Polluted City: J.G.Taylor & X.Qingshu Recent Developments and Prospects for the Sanxia (Three Gorges) Dam; R.L.Edmonds World Bank Policies, Energy Conservation and Emissions Reduction; L.Gan Urban Transport in China: Whither the Bicycle?; A.Spencer Is Ecological Agriculture Sustainable in China?; R.Saunders PART III: EROSION PROBLEMS AND POLICIES Assessing and Managing the Soil Erosion Problem in Southern China; D.Higgitt Soil Erosion and Conservation on Subtropical Arable Soils in Yunnan Province, South-west China; M.Fullen, D.J.Mitchell, A.P.Bartin, T.J.Hocking, L.Liguang, W.B.Zhi, Z.Yi & X.Z.Yuan Erosion in Deep Gorges: The Leaping Tiger Gorge on the Upper Yangtze; D.Watts & Z.Yue Index