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Asia Pacific

August 26, 2007

China’s Environmental Crisis

Explosive growth has left scars across China's landscape. See where pollution has most affected the country and how China's environment and economy compare with the rest of the world.

Explosive growth has left scars across China's landscape. See where pollution has most affected the country and how China's environment and economy compare with the rest of the world. Shan Carter Amanda Cox Joe Burgess


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Sources: World Bank; China State Environmental Protection Agency; China State Statistical Bureau; European Space Agency; Geomorphology; LandScan 2005 Population Dataset/UT-Battelle

Shan Carter, Amanda Cox, Joe Burgess, Erin Aigner