The State of the Environment in Asia

1999/2000
2000. Auflage 2000
ISBN: 978-4-431-70267-2
Verlag: Springer Japan

Buch, Englisch, 197 Seiten, Gewicht: 780 g

Why Asia? Significance and Purpose of The State of the Environment in Asia 1. Asia and the Future of the Global 2. From Swift Progress to Big Problems Environment Because in recent years Asia has been called the center of world economic growth, until now global attention fo­ Western social scientists used to regard Asia as a "stag­ cused on the region has regarded it solely as one of swift nant society," and, except for Japan, people have thought of progress. postwar Asia as a region that is typical of the continuing But while this East Asia-centered rapid economic "vicious circle of poverty." I growth gave Asia its momentum, industrialization and ur­ But in contrast to other developing regions, since the banization were causing environmental and urban problems latter half of the 1960s or 1970s South Korea, Taiwan, Hong throughout the region, as well as destroying rural communi­ Kong, and Singapore were the first to follow in Japan's foot­ ties and those countries' historical and cultural traditions.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Awaji, Takehisa

Teranishi, Shunichi

Weitere Mitwirkende

Davis, R.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Umwelt- und Gesundheitspolitik
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltpolitik, Umweltprotokoll
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Umweltökonomie
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltverschmutzung, Umweltkriminalität, Umweltrecht
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Angewandte Ökologie
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltüberwachung, Umweltanalytik, Umweltinformatik
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltmanagement, Umweltökonomie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

I Asia by Theme.- 1 Accelerated Industrialization and Explosive Urbanization.- 2 The Accelerating Car Culture.- 3 Pollution and Health Damage.- 4 Conservation and Use of Biodiversity.- II Asia by Country and Region.- 1 Japan.- 2 Republic of Korea.- 3 Kingdom of Thailand.- 4 Malaysia.- 5 Republic of Indonesia.- 6 People’s Republic of China.- 7 Taiwan.- III Indicators.- Translator’s Afterword.