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- 200 b/w illus.
- Page extent: 500 pages
- Size: 276 x 219 mm
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The Asia-Pacific region is experiencing especially rapid development and population increase, and issues of global change and sustainable development are likely to be of particular importance in the coming decades. This book presents chapters by leading international experts on the major issues relating to global change and sustainable development from the perspectives of Asia and the Pacific. It also highlights the challenges and opportunities of sustainable development and poverty reduction within the changing ecological, social, cultural and economic environment in this region. The volume is an invaluable reference for all researchers and policy makers with an interest in global change and sustainable development in Asia and the Pacific. • Discusses global change not only in terms of climate change, loss of biodiversity and land degradation, but also social, cultural and economic factors
• 44 chapters by leading international experts provide an array of detailed studies combining to create an authoritative overview of the Asia-Pacific region
• Enables readers to understand how these changes interrelate in a globalized world and their significant implications for sustainable development and poverty reduction
• Includes a chapter by Nobel Prize winner Professor Amartya Sen on the impacts of Asian culture and civilization ContentsPart I. Global Change; Part II. Sustainable Development.
Contributors
Pak Sum Low, Mostafa K. Tolba, Toke Talagi, Qin Dahe, Salvano Briceño, Marcia V. J. Kran, Linda Anne Stevenson, Amartya Sen, Jan C. van der Leun, Mohd Talib Latif, Yousef Al-Otaibi, Peter Brimblecombe, Jariya Boonjawat, Fredolin Tangang, Liew Juneng, Jeongim Park, Lu Qi, Wang Guoqian, Yang Youlin, Wang Sen, Su Zhizhu, Jiao Meiyan, Wu Bo, Wang Xuequan, Sun Honglie, Liu Jian, Thanakvaro T. De Lopez, Ponlok Tin, Nguyen Huu Ninh, Luong Quang Huy, Philip Michael Kelly, George Manful, Vute Wangwacharakul, Kwi-Gon Kim, Anne-Isabella Degryse-Blatau, Jun-Young Choi, Hee Sun Choi, Rizaldi Boer, Gernot Brodnig, Yanqing Wang, Ademola K. Braimoh, Dietrich Schmidt-Vogt, Andrew N. Gillison, Mani M. Babu, Amirtharaj C. Williams, Tariq Aziz, Gopola Areendran, Altamas Baig, Sujit Bairagi, Hiten K. R. Baishya, Pranab J. Bora, Pankaj K. Sharma, Pijush K. Dutta, Chukhu Loma, Rajeev Semwal, Amit Sharma, Pankaj Sharma, Ilan Kelman, Cody L. Knutson, Donald A. Wilhite, John Peet, Rene Van Berkel, Anthony S. F. Chiu, Alvin B. Culaba, Raymond R. Tan, Ruby Pineda-Henson, Emil Salim, Anoja Wickramasinghe, Shashi Kant, Ros Taplin, Sk Noim Uddin, Kanokwan Pibalsook, Jamba Gyeltshen, Peter Noel King, Sergio Feld, Bryant J. Allen, R. Mike Bourke, Keith Openshaw, Ying Chen, S. C. Bhattacharya, Binoy K. Choudhury, Mohd Nor Salleh, Michael V. Galante, Euiso Choi, Saburo Matsui, Penehuro F. Lefale, Bernarditas de Castro-Muller, Alexandre Timoshenko, Karen Hulme, David M. Ong
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