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The author asks whether economic growth and development is compatible with sustainability and environmental protection in Inner Mongolia. This book examines the development of environmental awareness and pro-environmental behaviour among Inner Mongolian farmers and herdsmen.

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China must increase its agricultural production and yields of staple crops to guarantee food security. This leads to ever-increasing agricultural land-use in Inner Mongolia and has contributed to the environmental problems visible today. Vast economic development and involvement in globalized markets have all left a measurable mark on Inner Mongolia´s environment. The author provides insight into Inner Mongolia´s dryland agriculture, its agitators, environmental, social and political obstacles as well as opportunities. Conducted in Inner Mongolia, her research illustrates the development process of a sustainable agriculture and the evolution of environmental awareness in an economically and ecologically underdeveloped region.

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Pastoralism versus Agriculture: Different Land-Use Varieties - Economy versus Ecology: China´s Balancing Act - A Challenge for Inner Mongolia - Intensive Cropping in Inner Mongolia: Potato and Poverty Alleviation - Inner Mongolia´s Environmental Concerns - The Change of the Environment since 1950 - Developing Environmental Awareness.

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Cilia Neumann studied sinology and ethnology at the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, where she works as a lecturer at the chair of East Asian History.

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