TY  - BOOK
AU  - Mukherjee,Sacchidananda
AU  - Chakraborty,Debashis
TI  - Environmental challenges and governance: diverse perspectives from Asia 
T2  - Routledge studies in ecological economics
SN  - 9780415721905 (hardback)
U1  - 333.7095 23
PY  - 2015///
CY  - London; New York
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Economic development
KW  - Environmental aspects
KW  - Asia
KW  - Environmental policy
KW  - Economic aspects
KW  - Sustainable development
KW  - Environmental economics
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 1 Editors' introduction: environmental challenges in the times of economic growth -- an Asian odyssey; 

PART I Environmental perspectives from South Asia; 
2 Environmental governance in Bangladesh: policy dynamics, present state and challenges; 
3 Walking a thin line between growth and development concerns? Environmental governance in India; 
4 Understanding the state of environmental governance in Nepal 5 State of the environment, environmental challenges and governance in Sri Lanka

PART II Environmental perspectives from Southeast Asia; 
6 The challenges of environmental governance in a democratic and decentralized Indonesia; 
7 Confronting the 'new scarcity'? Environmental governance in Malaysia; 
8 Starting from year zero: environmental governance in Myanmar; 
9 Environmental governance in the Philippines: challenges and prospects; 
10 Democracy and environmental governance in Thailand; 

PART III Environmental perspectives from East Asia 
11 Governing environment in China: lessons from using land and water;
12 The state of environment and energy governance in Japan; 13 Green-blind growth: a critical appraisal of environmental governance in the Republic of Korea; 
14 Editors' conclusion: environmental governance scenario in Asia -- lessons for the future; 
Index
N2  - The economies located in East, South and Southeast Asia have witnessed an interesting growth-sustainability trade-off over the last decades. While growth considerations have paved ways for deepened ties with growing trade-investment waves and increasing population pressure necessitated exploitation of hitherto unutilized natural resources, focus on environmental sustainability has been a recent consideration. The growth impetus still playing a key role in these economies, it becomes imperative that the countries effectively address the key sustainability concerns, e.g. air and water pollution
ER  -