Geography and the environment in Southeast Asia : proceedings of the Department of Geography and Geology Jubilee Symposium, University of Hong Kong, 21-25 June, 1976 / edited by R. D. Hill and Jennifer M. Bray.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

University of Hong Kong. Department of Geography and Geology.

Contributor:

Hill, R. D. (Ronald David), 1935-

Bray, Jennifer M.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental policy--Southeast Asia--Congresses.

Environmental policy.

Human ecology--Southeast Asia--Congresses.

Human ecology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (502 p.)

Place of Publication:

[Hongkong] : Published by the Hong Kong University Press for the Dept. of Geography and Geology, University of Hong Kong, c1978.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Over 30 participants from 10 countries attended the Symposium and this is a collection of their submitted papers, rearranged into five sections, focusing on problems of the urban environment, on the impact of the city on surrounding rural areas and of socio-economic development in general on the rural environment, on available tools for analysis and planning, and on the goals and methods of environmental education in its broadest sense. the views expressed in these papers will be useful and of interest to both students and research workers in the fields of human geography and other related dis

Contents:

Table of Contents; List of Tables; List of Figures; Foreword; 1. Geography at the University of Hong Kong / C.J. Grant; 2. Plenary Address

Problems and Approaches to Environmental Management in Southeast Asia / M.B. Pescod; The Urban Environment; The Impact of the City on Rural Areas; The Impact of Development on Rural Life and Environment; Analysis and Planning; Education and Environment; Addresses of Contributors

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographies.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-282-70430-3

9786612704307

988-220-142-3

OCLC:

654123807