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The state of the environment in Asia 2006/2007 /
The State of the Environment in Asia 2006/2007 is the fourth in a series of publications on Asia's environmental landscape. Originally published in Japanese as Ajia Kankyo Hakusho 2006/2007, this English-translated edition serves as an indispensible source of information on the Asian environmen...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Tokyo ; New York :
United Nations University Press,
©2009.
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| Edición: | English-language ed. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Tables, Figures and Photographs; Contributors; Foreword to the English-language Edition; Foreword; Preface: Switching to a Cyclical Resource-Conserving Socioeconomic System; Part I: Asia by Theme; 1 How Much Progress Has Been Made in Environmental and Social Safeguards, and in Environmental ODA?; 2 Relief for Pollution Victims; 3 Proper E-Waste Processing and Disposal; Part II: Asia by Country and Region; 4 Singapore: Shifting Away from Government-Guided Environmental Policy; 5 Bangladesh: Worsening Environmental Problems and the Growth of NGOs
- 6 Russian Far East: Taiga Ecosystem in Crisis 7 Democratic People's Republic of Korea: The Little-Known Environmental Reality; 8 Japan: A Switch to Drastic Measures Needed; 9 Republic of Korea: Institution-Building and its Challenges; 10 People's Republic of China: 'Explosive' Environmental Problems and Expectations for the Activities of Grassroots NGOs; 11 Taiwan: The Challenge of Building a Cyclical Society; 12 Republic of the Philippines: Private Sector-Dependent Environmental Policy; 13 Lao People's Democratic Republic: Villagers Confronted byMega-Development, Forced into Silence
- 14 Kingdom of Thailand: The Politics of Genetically Modified Crops 15 Malaysia: Approaches by the Government and NGOs to the Urban Environment; 16 Indonesia: Initiatives for Community Autonomy; 17 India: Development, Environment and Justice; Part III: Data and Commentary; 18 Health, Education and Labour; 19 Continuing Military Environmental Damage; 20 Improved Tap-water and Sanitary Facilities Needed; 21 Advancing Motorization: Environmental Impacts and Safety; 22 Waste Generation and Transboundary Movement; 23 Urban Heat Islands; 24 Renewable Energy Use in Asia
- 25 Clean Development Mechanism Trends 26 Organic and Eco-Farming in Development; 27 Wildlife Trade: Japan's Imports from ASEAN; 28 Trends in Ecotourism and International Tourism; 29 Environmental Agreements and their Implementation in Asia; 30 Legislation of Environmental Impact Assessments:The Challenges to Be Met; Afterword; Translator's Afterword: Redefining Development in the Ageof Peak Oil; Index