Asia
A Continental Overview of Environmental Issues (World's Environments)
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Word Count
61,250 words, Guess
Page Count
245 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL12237514M
- ISBN-139781576076880
- ISBN-101576076881
- OCLC Control Number51448457
- OCLC Control Number53097005
and 3 more
- Library of Congress Control Number2002156274
- Goodreads2633476
- LibraryThing2669855
Classifications
- LCCGE160.A78 H55 2003
Description
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.
Description
A concise yet thorough overview of the environmental issues, problems, and controversies facing the world's largest and most populous continent-Asia.
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