Environmental Challenges and Governance: Diverse Perspectives from Asia

ISBN-13: 9780415721905 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 282 str.

Sacchidananda Mukherjee; Debashis Chakraborty

Opis

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, land degradation, loss of biodiversity, climate change issues like CO₂ emissions etc. But how prepared is the governance mechanism of these countries, covering not only the legislative and administrative framework but also involvement of the judiciary, presence of spirited civil society and active engagement of stakeholders in policy-framing dialogues, to rise up to these challenges? The book seeks an answer to this question through the environmental governance mechanism and natural resource conservation policies in three vibrant regions within Asia. A holistic development dimension of sustainable development path emerges, through discussion of policies adopted by developed (Japan, South Korea), upper-middle (China, Malaysia), developing (India, Indonesia, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand) and least developed countries (Bangladesh, Myanmar, Nepal).

Spis treści

1. Editor’s Introduction: Environmental Challenges in the times of Economic Growth – An Asian Odyssey  Part 1: 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 2: 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 3: 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. Environmental Governance Scenario in Asia - Lessons for the Future