Indonesia's fires and haze : the cost of catastrophe / edited by David Glover & Timothy Jessup.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Institute of Southeast Asian Studies.

International Development Research Centre (Canada)

Glover, David, 1953 September 1-

Jessup, Timothy.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Forest fires--Indonesia.

Forest fires.

Forest fires--Environmental aspects--Indonesia.

Forest fires--Asia.

Forest fires--Environmental aspects--Asia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (170 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Singapore : Institute of Southeast Asian Studies ; Ottawa, ON, Canada : International Development Research Centre, c1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

From September to November of 1997, raging fires in Indonesia pumped enough smoke into the air to blanket the entire region in haze, reaching as far north as southern Thailand and the Philippines, with Malaysia and Singapore being particularly affected. This book conservatively assesses the damage at US 4.5 billion, more than the Exxon Valdez oil spill and India's Bhopal chemical spill combined. It looks at the causes of the fires, the physical damages that resulted, and their effects on heath, industrial production, and tourism, among others.

Contents:

Contents; List of Tables; List of Figures; Preface to the First Reprint Edition 2006; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Organizations and Contributors; 1: CAUSES AND IMPACTS OF THE FIRES; 2: RESEARCH METHODS; 3: MALAYSIA; 4: SINGAPORE; 5: INDONESIA; 6: CONCLUSIONS AND POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS; Index;

Notes:

Maps on lining paper.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-280-71844-7

9786610718443

1-55250-332-1

OCLC:

302314053