The New Publication of The Atlas of Changes in Population and Environment in China

25 Mar

Co-Sponsored by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Institute for China and Global Environmental Sustainability, the University of Michigan China Data Center, and some other institutions, ¡°The Atlas of Changes in Population and Environment in China¡± has now been published by the Science Press. This atlas provides comprehensive information on the spatial distribution of and changes in population and environment in China within last 60 years.

¡°The Atlas of Changes in Population and Environment in China¡± marks another significant map product in Chinese mapping history. The Atlas provided an important reference document for understanding the dynamic changes in population, environment, and resource development of China with data compiled from different sources. The atlas consists of 196 maps in fourteen groups: including changes in regional population scale, structure, and quality; land resource and land use changes; solid wastes and industrial discharges; fresh waters, ocean and water pollution; forests, grasslands, wetland, and bio-diversity; carbon sequestration and carbon sinks of ecosystem; climate changes and disasters; atmosphere and air pollution. Please cleick the ink for more details.

Please contact China Data Center at (734) 647-9610 or chinadata@umich.edu for more details.