Routledge handbook of environment and society in Asia / edited by Paul G. Harris and Graeme Lang.

Book.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

East Asia and the Environment : A Thematic Introduction / Paul G. Harris and Graeme Lang -- Human Rights and the Environment : Making the Connections / Anna Riddell -- Environmental Justice and Civil Society : Case Studies from Southeast Asia / Piya Pangsapa -- Literature and the Environment : Local Approaches to Ecocriticism / Karen Thornber -- Environmental Policy in East Asia : Institutions in Comparative Perspective / Sangbum Shin -- Paradoxes of Democratization : Environmental Politics in East Asia / Mary Alice Haddad -- Nongovernmental Organizations and Environmental Protests : Impacts in East Asia / Fengshi Wu and Bo Wen -- Corporations and the Environment in East Asia : Responsibilities and Responses of Businesses / Phillip Stalley -- Air Pollution : Inventories, Regional Control and Institutions / Maria Francesch -- Seeing through the Smog : China's Air Pollution Challenge for East Asia / Angel Hsu -- Municipal Solid Waste : The Burgeoning Environmental Threat / Dickella G.J. Premakumara and Toshizo Maeda -- Water Scarcity and Pollution in South and Southeast Asia : Problems and Challenges / M. Dinesh Kumar, P.K. Viswanathan and Nitin Bassi -- Dams : Controlling Water but Creating Problems / Darrin Magee -- Food and Agriculture : Security, Globalization and Technology / Amy Zader -- Fisheries in East Asia : Political, Economic and Security Challenges / Tabitha Grace Mallory -- Coral Reefs : Artisanal Fisheries and Community-based Management / Dan A. Exton, Paul Simonin and David J. Smith -- Protecting the Marine Environment : Controlling Pollution in the Coral Triangle / Ann Marie Manhart -- Governance of Forests : Regional Institutions in East Asia / Hang Ryeol Na, Jack P. Manno, David A. Sonnenfeld and Gordon M. Heisler -- Wildlife Consumption : Cultural and Environmental Values in China and Southeast Asia / Kyle Swan and Kristen Conrad -- Drivers of Climate Change in East Asia : The Energy Dilemma / Bo Miao -- Vulnerabilities to Climate Change : Adaptation in the Asia-Pacific / Benjamin Sovacool -- Impacts of Climate Change : Challenges of Flooding in Coastal East Asia / Faith K.S. Chan, Daniel A. Friess, James P. Terry and Gordon Mitchell -- East Asia's Renewable Energy Strategies : Low-Carbon Developmentalism in the Making / Christopher M. Dent -- Explaining Low Carbon Development in Asia : The Case of China / Sarah Van Eynde, Bettina Bluemling and Hans Bruyninckx -- Nuclear Energy in Asia : End of the Renaissance? / Rajesh Basrur, Youngho Chang and Swee Lean Collin Koh -- Environmental Change in Asian Societies : Lessons Learned and Future Directions / Graeme Lang and Paul G. Harris.

"Nowhere is the connection between society and the environment more evident and potentially more harmful for the future of world than in Asia. In recent years, the rapid development of countries with very large populations has led to a huge increase in environmental problems. This handbook provides a comprehensive survey of the cultural, social and policy contexts of environmental change across East Asia. As climate change related threats to society increase, the book strongly argues the need for increased environmental consciousness in Asian societies. This book is an essential companion for students, scholars, policy makers and researchers working on environmental issues in Asia"-- Provided by publisher.