There is a substantial amount of unique material in this book, and particularly outstanding are the detailed case studies of environmental or environment related social issues in China’s western regions, especially the issue of ecological migration which is approached from different perspectives in two chapters. The book is also valuable for its pioneering work in comparing these two development processes through the lens of environmental issues, which has been neglected by most previous studies, and draws readers’ attention to the environmental aspect of China’s westward development. . . .Overall, this book offers a fresh methodology for researching the environmental issues that have arisen in the process of China’s development from a comparative perspective, and attempts to draw lessons from the US in its westward development more than a century earlier. This book should be read by any serious student interested in China’s environmental politics and policy, comparative environment politics, and China studies broadly construed.

Journal of Chinese Political Science

The U.N. Climate Conference in Copenhagen made clear that the fate of the planet rests in large part on the environmental policies of two superpowers, China and the United States. This volume could not be more timely with its analysis and comparison of environmental policy in China and the United States.

Carlos Davidson, San Francisco State University

The strength of this book lies in the contributors' shared and genuine attempt to explore the potential of mutual learning in environmental protection between the United States and China. The comparative case studies included in the volume are coherent as a whole, and highly relevant to the field of environmental politics individually.

Fengshi Wu, Chinese University of Hong Kong