The state of the environment in Asia 2006/2007 / edited by Japan Environmental Council.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Nihon Kankyō Kaigi

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Asia--Environmental conditions.

Asia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxxii, 327 pages) : illustrations, maps

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Tokyo : United Nations University Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 indispensable source of information on the Asian environment and offers pertinent commentaries on such wide-ranging issues as public health, water supply, sanitation, wildlife trade, renewable energy, CDM projects, and environmental laws and treaties.

Contents:

CONTENTS; 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 by Mega-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 Age of Peak Oil; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

92-808-7156-0

OCLC:

697182450