Asia: A Continental Overview of Environmental Issues

by Kevin Hillstrom, Laurie Collier Hillstrom

Overview

A concise yet thorough overview of the environmental issues, problems, and controversies facing the world's largest and most populous continent—Asia.

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781576076880
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	06/23/2003
Series:	The World's Environments
Pages:	272
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.75(d)
Age Range:	12 - 18 Years

About the Author

Kevin Hillstrom and Laurie Collier Hillstrom are professional writers. Their published works include all six volumes in ABC-CLIO's World Environments series.