A STUDY ON THE GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS FROM THE RAPID ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE SOUTH CHINA

Abstract

The rapid development of some developing regions such as the Guangdong province in the south China has drawn much attention from various fields. The urban sprawl in such an area results in the rapid rural-urban land use conversion so that the previous small town has been evolved to a middle city containing more than a million of people. Further, because of its proximity to Hong Kong and Macao, the huge foreign investment increased the industrialization in the Guangdong province. In addition, with the improvement of income and living standard in previous years, the motor vehicles have been increasing. This research aims to meet this urgent need to comprehensively study the consequences of the rapid economic development from the viewpoint of the global environment. Such a study is profitable for the global and local environment as well as to the local economic development.