Abstract
This chapter focuses on a comparative analysis of environmental problems that have arisen in the economic growth of developed countries. It mainly discusses three perspectives. The first articulates the dark impact of industrialization on the environment and the emergence of early environmental protection concepts. The second talks about Green Planning and actions that have been upgraded step by step in the process of industrialization. The third analyzes five main conflicts facing industrial civilization, though we properly value and recognize its achievements and virtues. The five conflicts are engaged in production and consumption, labor and capital, monopoly and competition, freedom and control, and universal values and war. Lastly, the chapter discusses the common quest of humankind for green civilization.
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Li, X. (2020). Introspections on Industrial Civilization. In: Green Civilization. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-7812-0_4
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