The Belt and Road Initiative : environmental impacts in Southeast Asia / Alex M. Lechner [and six others].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lechner, Alex M., author.

Contributor:

ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute, issuing body.

Series:

Trends in Southeast Asia ; 2019, no. 18.

Trends in Southeast Asia ; 2019, no. 18

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

ASEAN.

Investments, Chinese--Southeast Asia.

Investments, Chinese.

Infrastructure (Economics)--Southeast Asia.

Infrastructure (Economics).

Trade routes--Southeast Asia.

Trade routes.

China--Foreign economic relations--Southeast Asia.

China.

Southeast Asia--Foreign economic relations--China.

Southeast Asia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (30 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Singapore : ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute, 2019.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is expected to be the largest infrastructure development scheme of the twenty-first century. There is escalating concern over BRI's potential environmental impacts in Southeast Asia, a global biodiversity hotspot and a focus area of BRI development. Case studies of Indonesia, Myanmar, Lao PDR and Malaysia show that the success of BRI in bringing about sustainable growth and opportunities depends on the Chinese government and financiers, as well as the agencies and governments involved when BRI investments take place. The adoption of best environmental practices is critical in ensuring that growth is sustainable and that bad environmental practices are not locked in for decades to come.

Contents:

Front matter

FOREWORD

The Belt and Road Initiative: Environmental Impacts in Southeast Asia

REFERENCES

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 28 Oct 2021).

ISBN:

981-4881-43-0

OCLC:

1141500450