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Environmental Policies in Asia

Author : Jing Huang
Publisher : World Scientific
ISBN 13 : 9814590495
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (145 download)

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Download or read book Environmental Policies in Asia written by Jing Huang and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2014-06-13 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Environmental Policies in Asia highlights the environmental challenges Asian planners and policymakers face as the continent undergoes rapid economic growth in the 21st Century. Edited by Jing Huang and Shreekant Gupta, with contributions from leading Asian scholar practitioners, this timely and unique volume is the first of its kind to look at environmental policies and governance from the perspective of seven dynamic Asian countries. These include developed economies of Japan and Singapore, emerging giants such as China and India and rapidly developing nations such as Vietnam, Indonesia and Malaysia. The volume discusses environmental challenges that stem from issues as local as poor recycling practices, to ones that are as vast and complex as global climate change. Engaging, accessible, and pan-Asian in scope, the essays also present creative ways in which these challenges are being addressed. This book is valuable to anyone who is keen on understanding Asia, its growth, and whether its rise is environmentally sustainable. Contents:Introduction:Environmentally Sustainable Development in Asia: Challenges and Choices (Jing Huang)Key Issues in Combating Environmental Concerns in Asia:Environmental Policy and Governance in a Federal Framework: Perspectives from India (Shreekant Gupta)Japan's Role in Climate Change Issues (Ryuzo Yamamoto)Environmental Impacts of 'Fast Development in Asia':Policies for Environmentally Sustainable Development: Perspectives from Vietnam (Nguyen Huu Ninh)Resource-Environmental Foundation for Green and Low-Carbon Development in China (Zhu Shou-xian)China's Environmental Governance: Evolution and Limitations (Wu Fuzuo)Fragmentation to Integration: Environmental and Sustainable Development Challenges in Malaysia (Chee Yoke Ling and Lim Li Ching)Environmental Policy Implementation: Achievements and Challenges:Governing the Common Firm: The Evolution of Environmental Policy for Small Businesses in India (Sudhir Chella Rajan)Environmental Management 3.0: Connecting the Dots between Pollution, Sustainability, Transparency and Governance in Indonesia (Shakeb Afsah and Nabiel Makarim)Environmental Law, Policy, Governance and Management for Cities: Getting it right for a Sustainable Future — The Singapore Experience (Lye Lin-Heng)Trade-offs and Synergies for Sustainable Development and Climate Stabilisation in Asian regions (Keigo Akimoto, Fuminori Sano, Ayami Hayashi, Takashi Homma, Junichiro Oda, Kenichi Wada, Miyuki Nagashima, Kohko Tokushige and Toshimasa Tomoda)Concluding Thoughts:Future Environmental Challenges for Asia (Shreekant Gupta) Readership: Environmental policy students, general public interested in Asia and its challenges, policymakers, envrionmental professionals and practitioners. Key Features:No books on environmental policies in Asian countries have been published in recent years so this collection is unique and the first of kindUnique in its pan-Asian focus; the first volume to draw together eminent Asian scholar-practitioners on this topicExplicit focus on environmental issues, which is very timely (e.g., global warming is a pressing issue)Keywords:Envrionmental Policy;Sustainable Development;Environmental Management;Asia;China;India;Japan;ASEAN

Effective Advocacy

Author : Mary Alice Haddad
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262363410
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (623 download)

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Download or read book Effective Advocacy written by Mary Alice Haddad and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2021-03-23 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An examination of successful environmental advocacy strategies in East Asia that shows how advocacy can be effective under difficult conditions. The countries of East Asia--China, Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan-- are home to some of the most active and effective environmental advocates in the world. And the governments of these countries have adopted a range of innovative policies to fight pollution and climate change: Japan leads the world in emissions standards, China has become the word's largest producer of photovoltaic panels, and Taiwan and Korea have undertaken major green initiatives. In this book, Mary Alice Haddad examines the advocacy strategies that persuaded citizens, governments, and businesses of these countries to change their behavior.

Energy, Environmental and Economic Sustainability in East Asia

Author : Soo-Cheol Lee
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351013467
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (51 download)

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Book Synopsis Energy, Environmental and Economic Sustainability in East Asia by : Soo-Cheol Lee

Download or read book Energy, Environmental and Economic Sustainability in East Asia written by Soo-Cheol Lee and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-08-06 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book looks at institutional reforms for the use of energy, water and resources toward a sustainable future in East Asia. The book argues that developments in the East Asian region are critical to global sustainability and acknowledges that there is an increasing degree of mutual reliance among countries in East Asia – primarily China, Japan, Korea and Taiwan. It analyzes environmental impacts stemming from the use of energy, water and mineral resources via economic development in East Asia in the medium to long term (through 2050) through theoretical and empirical modelling. The book also evaluates the ripple effects of environmental and resource policies on each country’s economy and clarifies the direction of institutional reform in energy systems, resources and water use for a sustainable future.

International Environmental Law in the Asia Pacific

Author : Ben Boer
Publisher : Kluwer Law International B.V.
ISBN 13 : 9041107061
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (411 download)

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Download or read book International Environmental Law in the Asia Pacific written by Ben Boer and published by Kluwer Law International B.V.. This book was released on 1998-02-18 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this book is to assess the development of international environmental law in the Asia Pacific. Consideration is given to the impact upon the region of global, regional and subregional environmental law. An assessment is also undertaken of how certain states, and groups of states, have responded domestically and within their own subregions to these developments. For the purposes of this book the Asia Pacific is defined as essentially the states which comprise East and Southeast Asia, Australia, New Zealand and the island states of the Southwest Pacific. Occasional consideration is also given to the states of South Asia.

Asia's Environmental Challenges

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on International Relations. Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Asia's Environmental Challenges written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on International Relations. Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Can the Environment Wait?

Author : World Bank
Publisher : World Bank Publications
ISBN 13 : 9780821341582
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (415 download)

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Download or read book Can the Environment Wait? written by World Bank and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 1997 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Toward an Environmental Strategy for Asia

Author : Carter Brandon
Publisher : World Bank Publications
ISBN 13 : 9780821327371
Total Pages : 44 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (273 download)

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Download or read book Toward an Environmental Strategy for Asia written by Carter Brandon and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 1993-01-01 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A summary of a longer paper by the two authors published as no. 224 of the World Bank discussion papers.

Environmental Movements in Asia

Author : Arne Kalland
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136798137
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (367 download)

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Download or read book Environmental Movements in Asia written by Arne Kalland and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-31 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume paints a general picture of the environmental situation in Asia, backing it up with several case studies. Two major points are made in this general picture. The first is that environmental campaigns in Asia tend to have a local focus; they react to very concrete problems in the immediate neighbourhood and as such usually people are engaged in a cause for practical rather than idealistic reasons. Such can be seen in case studies from the volume dealing with campaigns against logging and tree plantations, tourist facilities and factories and in support or defence of nature reserves. This pattern is in marked contrast to the profile of the most successful Western movements (in terms of fund-raising at least) for whom the focus is on perceived problems in distant parts of the world. The second point is evidence in several of the case studies in the volume, namely that environmental campaigns cannot be understood in terms of environmental issues alone. Rather, they should be regarded as a form of cultural critique and frequently are a form of political resistance in situations where open political action is too risky.

International Environmental Law and Asian Values

Author : Roda Mushkat
Publisher : UBC Press
ISBN 13 : 9780774810579
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (15 download)

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Download or read book International Environmental Law and Asian Values written by Roda Mushkat and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following decades of vigorous economic expansion, Asia is confronting the environmental consequences of unfettered development. This poses a challenge because of the strong bias of prevailing cultural systems in the region toward the goal of lifting standards of living over achieving ecological sustainability. This book juxtaposes international environmental norms and practices with relevant Asian policies and their applications in key areas. Roda Mushkat examines the fundamental principle of public participation in environmental law-making, as well as the "rights approach," against the emergence of democratic and human rights norms in the region. The complex relationship between trade and the environment is also discussed in light of the strong regional emphasis on economic growth, trade liberalization, and the aversion to conditionalities. Given regionalization processes in Asia-Pacific and elsewhere, this work seeks to establish to what extent such processes have led to the regionalization of international environmental law. International Environmental Law and Asian Values concludes that, although some gaps can be identified between international imperatives and regional responses, "Asian values" have not proved to be an insurmountable barrier to the spread of international environmental legal ideas. On the whole, the region is responding to impulses emanating from the global arena rather than resisting them consciously. The analysis and conclusions of this comprehensive and original work will be of considerable interest to scholars of international law and relations, environmental policy, comparative culture, economic development, and social change.

Environmental Policy in Asia

Author : Akihisa Mori
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 9781138685338
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (853 download)

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Download or read book Environmental Policy in Asia written by Akihisa Mori and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-06-07 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Asia, export-led industrialization, coupled with foreign direct investment has been proved as the most effective and powerful source of economic development. However, it has caused serious local, regional and trans-boundary environmental problems. Governments in Asia have implemented a variety of environmental policies to address domestic environmental degradation. However, stringency, pace and enforcement vary by countries. Policies have swung back and forth, reflecting a country's political, economic and social context, as well as effectiveness of the implemented policy instruments. Environmental Policy in Asia highlights the development of environmental policies throughout the region and the environmental challenges that policymakers face in a time rapid economic growth amid globalization. Akihisa Mori then goes onto assess how effective these policies are for managing local, national and trans-boundary environmental challenges and how the policies reflect a tradeoff between regional and global environmental challenges and the governments own priorities. This book is suitable for upper level undergraduate and postgraduate students in the fields of Asian Studies, Environmental Studies, Sustainable Development, Environmental Politics and Environmental Economics. It will also be an essential read for scholars of Environmental Policy.

Routledge Handbook of Environment and Society in Asia

Author : Paul G. Harris
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317685717
Total Pages : 492 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (176 download)

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Download or read book Routledge Handbook of Environment and Society in Asia written by Paul G. Harris and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-09-19 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nowhere is the connection between society and the environment more evident and potentially more harmful for the future of the world than in Asia. In recent decades, rapid development of Asian countries with very large populations has led to an unprecedented increase in environmental problems such as air and water pollution, solid and hazardous wastes, deforestation, depletion of natural resources and extinction of native species. This handbook provides a comprehensive survey of the cultural, social and policy contexts of environmental change across East Asia. The team of international experts critically examine a wide range of environmental problems related to energy, climate change, air, land, water, fisheries, forests and wildlife. The editors conclude that, with nearly half of the human population of the planet, and several rapidly growing economies, most notably China, Asian societies will determine much of the future of human impacts on the regional and global environments. As climate change-related threats to society increase, the book strongly argues for increased environmental consciousness and action in Asian societies. This handbook is a very valuable companion for students, scholars, policy makers and researchers working on environmental issues in Asia.

Environmental Challenges and Governance

Author : Sacchidananda Mukherjee
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317508920
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (175 download)

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Download or read book Environmental Challenges and Governance written by Sacchidananda Mukherjee and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-03-02 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The economies located in East, South and Southeast Asia have witnessed an interesting growth-sustainability trade-off over the last decades. While growth considerations have paved ways for deepened ties with growing trade-investment waves and increasing population pressure necessitated exploitation of hitherto unutilized natural resources, focus on environmental sustainability has been a recent consideration. The growth impetus still playing a key role in these economies, it becomes imperative that the countries effectively address the key sustainability concerns, e.g. air and water pollution, land degradation, loss of biodiversity, climate change issues like CO2 emissions etc. But how prepared is the governance mechanism of these countries, covering not only the legislative and administrative framework but also involvement of the judiciary, presence of spirited civil society and active engagement of stakeholders in policy-framing dialogues, to rise up to these challenges? The book seeks an answer to this question through the environmental governance mechanism and natural resource conservation policies in three vibrant regions within Asia. A holistic development dimension of sustainable development path emerges, through discussion of policies adopted by developed (Japan, South Korea), upper-middle (China, Malaysia), developing (India, Indonesia, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand) and least developed countries (Bangladesh, Myanmar, Nepal).

Greening East Asia

Author : Ashley Esarey
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780295747903
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (479 download)

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Download or read book Greening East Asia written by Ashley Esarey and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduction : the evolution of the East Asian eco-developmental state / Mary Alice Haddad, Stevan Harrell -- East Asian environmental advocacy / Mary Alice Haddad -- China's low-carbon energy strategy / Joanna Lewis -- Energy and climate change policies of Japan and South Korea / Eunjung Lim -- The politics of pollution emissions trading in China / Iza Ding -- Legal experts and environmental rights in Japan / Simon Avenell -- Local energy initiatives in Japan / Noriko Sakamoto -- Indigenous conservation and post-disaster reconstruction in Taiwan / Sasala Taiban, Hui-nien Lin,Kurtis Jia-chyi Pei, Dau-jye Lu, Hwa-sheng Gau -- Nature for nurture in urban Chinese childrearing / Rob Efird -- Sustainability of Korea's first "New Village" / Chung Ho Kim -- Environmentalism in China's Chengdu Plain / Daniel Benjamin Abramson -- Environmental activism in Kaohsiung, Taiwan / Hua-mei Chiu -- Indigenous attitudes toward nuclear waste in Taiwan / Hsi-wen Chang -- The battle over GMOs in Korea and Japan / Yves Tiberghien -- Grassroots NGOs and environmental activism in China / Jingyun Dai, Anthony Spires -- The eco-developmental state and the environmental Kuznets curve / Stevan Harrell.

Environmental Crises in Central Asia

Author : Eric Freedman
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 131783609X
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (178 download)

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Download or read book Environmental Crises in Central Asia written by Eric Freedman and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-10-23 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Environmental conditions do not exist in a vacuum. They are influenced by science, politics, history, public policy, culture, economics, public attitudes, and competing priorities, as well as past human decisions. In the case of Central Asia, such Soviet-era decisions include irrigation systems and physical infrastructure that are now crumbling, mine tailings that leach pollutants into soil and groundwater, and abandoned factories that are physically decrepit and contaminated with toxic chemicals. Environmental Crises in Central Asia highlights major environmental challenges confronting the region’s former Soviet republics: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. They include threats to the Caspian and Aral seas, the impact of climate change on glaciers, desertification, deforestation, destruction of habitat and biodiversity, radioactive and hazardous wastes, water quality and supply, energy exploration and development, pesticides and food security, and environmental health. The ramifications of these challenges cross national borders and may affect economic, political, and cultural relationships on a vast geographic scale. At the same time, the region’s five governments have demonstrated little resolve to address these complex challenges. This book is a valuable multi-disciplinary resource for academics, scholars, and policymakers in environmental sciences, geography, political science, natural resources, mass communications, public health, and economics.

The Politics of Environment in Southeast Asia

Author : Philip Hirsch
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134690452
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (346 download)

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Download or read book The Politics of Environment in Southeast Asia written by Philip Hirsch and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-01-31 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The environment in Southeast Asia is now a major issue of topical concern. First book to give analysis in depth of the political processes involved in environmental disputes. Provides a good selection of case studies in the region. Questions the assumption that the middle classes are in the vanguard of the environmental movement.

Environmental Governance for Sustainable Development in Asia and the Pacific

Author : United Nations Development Programme
Publisher : United Nations Publications
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)

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Download or read book Environmental Governance for Sustainable Development in Asia and the Pacific written by United Nations Development Programme and published by United Nations Publications. This book was released on 2002 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This joint study, undertaken by the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), discusses the main challenges to sustainable development and environmental governance in the region, and outlines key policies that need to be implemented. It concludes that effective environmental management requires a shared vision by governments in the region to establish clear targets, to co-ordinate policies effectively and monitor their implementation.

ESG Investment

Author : Naoko Nemoto
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
ISBN 13 : 4899742061
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (997 download)

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Download or read book ESG Investment written by Naoko Nemoto and published by Brookings Institution Press. This book was released on 2020-02-25 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Investors are increasingly integrating environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues into their investment decisions. Currently, more than half of managed assets in Europe are linked to ESG factors, while in Japan, ESG investment has grown dramatically in recent years. In principle, ESG investment can help to bridge the gap between profit-driven investment and economic and social sustainability in Asia and the Pacific. However, a number of challenges, such as unclear and varied sustainable investment criteria, untested impacts on corporate value and social issues, and the lack of quality data cloud the potential for increasing ESG investment. This book aims to contribute to developing a framework for future analysis and monitoring to ensure the growth of ESG investment.