ISBN 9781576076880 | 1576076881 Textbooks - "Asia A Continental Overview of Environmental Issues The Worlds Environments" by Kevin Hillstrom Laurie Collier Hillstrom Kevin Hillstrom Laurie Hillstrom pKevin Hillstrom pLaurie Collier Hillstrom

Authors: Kevin Hillstrom - Laurie Collier Hillstrom - Kevin Hillstrom, Laurie Hillstrom , - p>Kevi…
ISBN 10: 1576076881
ISBN 13: 9781576076880
Release: June 23, 2003
Format: Hardcover (245 pages)
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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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Asia: A Continental Overview of Environmental Issues (The World's Environments)