Asia
A Continental Overview of Environmental Issues
Published on 23. June 2003
272 pages
978-1-57607-689-7 (ISBN)
Description
A concise yet thorough overview of the environmental issues, problems, and controversies facing the world's largest and most populous continent-Asia.
Asia tackles the tough issues, the complex problems, and the political controversies surrounding the environment of this vast landmass. This volume encompasses everything from economics, land use, energy and transportation, to air pollution, rivers and lakes, oceans, and species and habitat protection.
In Malaysia, unchecked discharges of industrial waste and human sewage led the government to label 42 of its rivers officially "dead." According to some estimates, Southeast Asia alone accounts for more than half of the world's total transport of sediment to the oceans. In the Philippines, the Chico River dam project, which would have subjected 100,000 tribespeople to relocation, was canceled when the World Bank withdrew funding after fierce resistance from the indigenous people. This fascinating book offers a comprehensive look at how the most populated continent on earth contends with its complicated environment.
Asia tackles the tough issues, the complex problems, and the political controversies surrounding the environment of this vast landmass. This volume encompasses everything from economics, land use, energy and transportation, to air pollution, rivers and lakes, oceans, and species and habitat protection.
In Malaysia, unchecked discharges of industrial waste and human sewage led the government to label 42 of its rivers officially "dead." According to some estimates, Southeast Asia alone accounts for more than half of the world's total transport of sediment to the oceans. In the Philippines, the Chico River dam project, which would have subjected 100,000 tribespeople to relocation, was canceled when the World Bank withdrew funding after fierce resistance from the indigenous people. This fascinating book offers a comprehensive look at how the most populated continent on earth contends with its complicated environment.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
Young adult
Interest Age: From 12 years
Illustrations
20 bw illus
File size
3,24 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-57607-689-7 (9781576076897)
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Kevin Hillstrom and Laurie Collier Hillstrom are professional writers. Their published works include all six volumes in ABC-CLIO's World Environments series.
Content
- Cover
- ASIA
- Contents
- List of Tables and Figures
- Introduction The World's Environments
- Organization
- Coverage by Geographic Region
- Acknowledgments
- Biographical Notes
- Authors
- Advisory Board
- Contributors
- 1 Population and Land Use
- Poverty Levels Reduced across Asia despite Growing Populations
- Meeting the Challenges of Population Growth
- Food Security
- Consumerism
- Urbanization and Migration
- Land Management
- Regional Population and Land Use Trends
- East Asia
- Southeast Asia
- Central Asia
- South Asia
- Sources:
- 2 Biodiversity
- Chief Threats to Asian Flora and Fauna
- Land Conversion and Fragmentation
- Alien species
- Overharvesting and the Asian Wildlife Trade
- Regional Biodiversity Trends
- China
- South Asia
- Southeast Asia
- Preserving Asian Biodiversity
- Sources:
- 3 Parks, Preserves, and Protected Areas
- Defining Protected Areas
- Asia's Protected Area Networks, Past and Present
- East and Central Asia
- South Asia
- Southeast Asia
- The Quest to Improve Asia's Protected Area Networks
- Sources:
- 4 Forests
- Deforestation in Asia
- Major Ecological Regions of Asia
- Asia Forest Resources by Subregion
- Central Asia
- South Asia
- Southeast Asia
- East Asia
- Building Sustainability into Asian Forest Management
- Sources:
- 5 Agriculture
- Recent Agricultural Trends in Asia
- The Green Revolution Spurs Record Agricultural Growth
- The Green Revolution's Environmental Legacy
- Modern Asian Agriculture Buffeted by Financial and Weather Forces
- Asia's Growing Livestock Sector
- Asia a Dominant Player in Global Aquaculture
- Major Environmental Problems in Asian Agriculture
- Land Conversion
- Soil Erosion
- Water Use
- Fertilizers and Pesticides
- Genetically Modified (GM) Crops and Asia's Future
- Keys to Sustainable Agriculture Growth
- Sources:
- 6 Freshwater
- Freshwater Supply and Use
- The Freshwater Crisis in China
- Freshwater Issues on the Indian Subcontinent
- Asia's Imperiled Waterways
- Dam-Building on the Increase in Asia
- Sources:
- 7 Oceans and Coastal Areas
- Concerns Grow about Status of Asian Fisheries
- Population Surge Brings Marine Pollution Problems
- Asia's Endangered Mangrove Forests and Coral Reefs
- Mangrove Forests-A Key Element in Marine Ecosystems
- Valuable Coral Reefs Threatened
- Scientists Warn of Possible Inundation of Coastal Areas
- Central Asia's Inland Seas
- Asia's Disappearing Aral Sea
- Tapping Oil Reserves beneath the Caspian Sea
- Sources:
- 8 Energy and Transportation
- The State of Energy in Asia
- Coal
- Oil
- Natural Gas
- Hydro and Nuclear Power
- Renewable Energy
- Renewables Emerge as Practical Energy Option
- Confronting King Coal
- Meeting the Transportation Challenges of the Twenty-First Century
- Public Transport Trends in Asia
- Sources:
- 9 Air Quality and the Atmosphere
- Air Pollution
- Urban Trends Drive Jump in Emissions
- Emission Trends across the Continent
- Major Threats to Air Quality across Asia
- Acid Rain
- Particulate Matter and Haze
- Atmospheric Issues
- Asia's Role in Ozone Layer Loss
- Asia's Role in Global Climate Change
- The Kyoto Protocol
- Sources:
- 10 Environmental Activism
- The Experiences of Individual Asian Nations
- Thailand
- The Philippines
- Vietnam
- South Korea
- Taiwan
- China
- Japan
- Sources:
- Appendix International Environmental and Developmental Agencies, Organizations, and Programs on the World Wide Web
- Index
