Confronting Environmental Change in East and Southeast Asia
Subtitle: Eco-Politics, Foreign Policy and Sustainable Development
Publisher: Earthscan Publications Ltd.
Published: January 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9781853839719
Subjects: International relations; Sustainability; Third World Development; Environmental policy; East Asia; Social Science; Business / Economics / Finance; Sustainable development; Sociology; East Asia, Far East; South East Asia; Public Policy - Environmental Policy; Development - Sustainable Development; Environmental Conservation & Protection - General; Social Science / Third World Development; Developing Countries; Asia, Southeastern; Environmental management
First sentence: In an essay entitled 'The Filthy Earth', Nicholas Kristof poignantly portrays what he describes as an ongoing 'war' in Asia: It kills 3 million people each year, mostly children and the elderly, and yet it is scarcely noticed.