Environmental challenges and governance : diverse perspectives from Asia
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Environmental challenges and governance : diverse perspectives from Asia
(Routledge studies in ecological economics, 37)
Routledge, 2015
- : hbk
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
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).
Table of Contents
1. Editor's Introduction: Environmental Challenges in the times of Economic Growth - An Asian Odyssey Part 1: Environmental Perspectives from South Asia 2. Environmental Governance in Bangladesh: Policy Dynamics, Present State and Challenges 3. Walking a Thin Line between Growth and Development Concerns? Environmental Governance in India 4. Understanding the State of Environmental Governance in Nepal 5. State of the Environment, Environmental Challenges and Governance in Sri Lanka Part 2: Environmental Perspectives from Southeast Asia 6. The Challenges of Environmental Governance in a Democratic and Decentralized Indonesia 7. Confronting the 'New Scarcity'? Environmental Governance in Malaysia 8. Starting from Year Zero: Environmental Governance in Myanmar 9. Environmental Governance in the Philippines: Challenges and Prospects 10. Democracy and Environmental Governance in Thailand Part 3: Environmental Perspectives from East Asia 11. Governing Environment in China: Lessons from Using Land and Water 12. The State of Environment and Energy Governance in Japan 13. Green-blind Growth: A Critical Appraisal of Environmental Governance in the Republic of Korea 14. Environmental Governance Scenario in Asia - Lessons for the Future
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