The economies located in East, South and Southeast Asia have
witnessed an interesting growth-sustainability trade-off over the
last decades. The forces of globalization and increasing population
pressure necessitated exploitation of hitherto unutilized natural
resources in several countries. Consequently, the concerns over air
and water pollution, loss of biodiversity, climate change (e.g. CO2
emissions) etc. have emerged as major challenges.
The book analyzes the way in which environmental governance has
evolved in leading Asian countries from three vibrant regions
within Asia. The chapters included in the book attempts to
understand the state of environment and environmental governance
scenario in the selected countries in terms of their environmental
management and natural recourse conservation policies, managing the
impacts of growing urbanization and industrialization and climate
change related concerns etc. The experience of countries included
in the volume enables the reader to appreciate the holistic
development dimension of sustainable development path, as policies
adopted by both developed (Japan), developing (China, India,
Indonesia, Malaysia, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand)
and least developed countries (Bangladesh, Nepal) has been covered.
The final chapter attempts to synthesize the policy conclusions and
recommendations of individual country chapters and tires to draw
lessons for countries located in comparable development plane.
The chapters included in the current volume are contributed by
leading academicians, researchers and practitioners involved in the
applied aspects of environmental economics in Asian countries and
elsewhere. The country experiences described here will provide
academic and policy inputs for academicians, policy makers and
members of civil society organisations in developing and less
developed countries facing similar challenges.
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