
East Asian Experience in Environmental Governance
Response in a Rapidly Changing Region
Zafar Adeel(Editor)
United Nations University (Publisher)
Published on 30. January 2004
Book
Paperback/Softback
160 pages
978-92-808-1072-1 (ISBN)
Description
The East Asian region has seen considerable growth in its economy, industrial base, and population in the last two decades. Incidentally, all three of these factors are often linked to over to exploitation and degradation of environmental resources. This book provides an overview of governance policy with regards to environmental challenges in the region. It covers the following countries: Japan, Korea, Malaysia, China and Thailand, a grouping politically and historically diverse enough to provide a glimpse of typical East Asian governance mechanism.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Tokyo
Japan
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
ISBN-13
978-92-808-1072-1 (9789280810721)
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Zafar Adeel is the assistant director for program development at the United Nations University International Network on Water, Environment and Health, in Ontario, Canada.