Environmental Pollution of the Pearl River Estuary, China Status and
The Pearl River Estuary (PRE) is the Western name for a very large estuary in southern China that is currently home to an industrial metropolis of staggering size, and one that is rapidly evolving. The Chinese name for the Pearl River is Zhujiang. Guangzh
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Wen-Xiong Wang Philip S. Rainbow
Environmental Pollution of the Pearl River Estuary, China Status and Impact of Contaminants in a Rapidly Developing Region
Estuaries of the World Series Editor Jean-Paul Ducrotoy, The University of Hull, Hull, United Kingdom
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Wen-Xiong Wang • Philip S. Rainbow
Environmental Pollution of the Pearl River Estuary, China Status and Impact of Contaminants in a Rapidly Developing Region
Wen-Xiong Wang School of Energy and Environment City University of Hong Kong Kowloon, Hong Kong
Philip S. Rainbow Natural History Museum London, UK
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Preface
The Pearl River Estuary (PRE) is the Western name of the very large estuary in southern China that today is the location of an industrial metropolis of staggering size and rate of development. The Chinese name of the Pearl River is Zhujiang. Guangzhou lies at the head of the estuary, and Macao and Hong Kong are on the western and eastern sides, respectively, of the wide opening of the estuary to the South China Sea. The new cities of Zhuhai and Shenzhen lie immediately north of Macao and Hong Kong, respectively. The Pearl River is not a new area of interest to Westerners for it featured prominently in the trading and thereby political relations between China and the Westerners of the UK in the nineteenth century. The British knew Guangzhou as Canton, an impor
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