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The environments of the poor in Southeast Asia, East Asia and the Pacific.
This book provides examples of possible triple-win solutions for simultaneously reducing poverty, raising the quality of the environment, and adapting to climate change. The book provides empirical evidence and observations from sixteen case studies in Southeast and East Asia, and from the Pacific....
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Singapore :
Institute of Southeast Asian Studies,
2013.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This book provides examples of possible triple-win solutions for simultaneously reducing poverty, raising the quality of the environment, and adapting to climate change. The book provides empirical evidence and observations from sixteen case studies in Southeast and East Asia, and from the Pacific. It argues that a spatial approach focussing on the environments in which the poor and vulnerable live, would trigger changes for development policies and implementation that better balance environmental and social concerns. In line with the post-2015 Millennium Development Goals (MDG) and Sustainabl. |
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| Notas: | 18. Quantifying the Health Risks from Pathogens in the Flood Water in Metro Manila by Tran Thi Viet Nga and Kensuke Fukushi19. Slum Poverty in the Philippines: Can the Environment Agenda Drive Public Action? by Marife Ballesteros. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (316 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9789814519007 9814519006 9789814519755 9814519758 |