---------------------------------------------------- Internet Guide for China Studies Newsletter http://sun.sino.uni-heidelberg.de/igcs/ignew.htm ---------------------------------------------------- 09 Sep 1999 New in IGCS - Geography: Can China feed itself? A System for Evaluation of Policy Options Ed./Corp.: Gerhard K. Heilig, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Austria URL: http://www.iiasa.ac.at/Research/LUC/ChinaFood/ Language: English. Self description: "On this Web site we have published results from a 3-year research project on China's food security." Description: A fantastic resource including many excellent tables, charts and maps on topics like Age Groups; Business Skills; Diet Change; Disaster; Floods; Infrastructure; Land; Pollution; Population; Urbanization; Water; and many others (currently some 150 topics listed). All are used to answer the question wether China will be able to feed itself from its own resources of arable land and water in 2025 or 2050 (the conclusion is that "China has enough arable land and water to feed its projected population of 1.48 billion in 2025 - even at currently available levels of agricultural technology"). Site contents: IASA; Title Page; Foreword; Introduction; Arguments; Data; FAQ; In-depth; Summary; Conclusion; Bibliography; Web Links; Index; Help; Thanks; About; Presentation; Order Form; Feedback; What others say. Note: Most data are freely available on-line, only for the in-depth analyses, the more detailed maps, and many of the larger tables and figures the CD-ROM has to be purchased. Resource suggested by Gerhard K. Heilig ([log in to unmask]), IIASA, Austria. _______________________________________________________ With kind regards, Hanno Lecher ([log in to unmask]) INTERNET GUIDE FOR CHINA STUDIES -- editor http://sun.sino.uni-heidelberg.de/igcs/ _______________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from this list, please send an email to: [log in to unmask] containing the following message: SIGNOFF IGCS-L