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Industrial transformation in the developing world /
'Grow first, clean up later' environmental strategies in the developing economies of East Asia pose a critical regional and global sustainability challenge in this area of continuing rapid urban-based industrial growth which is the most polluted region in the world. Using detailed case stu...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Main Authors: | , |
| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
| Published: |
Oxford [England] ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2005.
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| Series: | Oxford geographical and environmental studies.
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| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | Texto completo |
| Summary: | 'Grow first, clean up later' environmental strategies in the developing economies of East Asia pose a critical regional and global sustainability challenge in this area of continuing rapid urban-based industrial growth which is the most polluted region in the world. Using detailed case studies and rigorous empirical analyses Rock and Angel show that East Asian governments have found institutionally unique ways to overcome the sustainability challenge, thus proving an important. antidote to those who argue that poor countries cannot afford to clean up their environment whilst their economies re. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xx, 243 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-235) and index. |
| ISBN: | 1423788869 9781423788867 9780199270040 019927004X 9780191556463 0191556467 |