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1 online resource (ix, 333 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : the evolution of the East Asian eco-developmental state / Mary Alice Haddad, Stevan Harrell -- East Asian environmental advocacy / Mary Alice Haddad -- China's low-carbon energy strategy / Joanna Lewis -- Energy and climate change policies of Japan and South Korea / Eunjung Lim -- The politics of pollution emissions trading in China / Iza Ding -- Legal experts and environmental rights in Japan / Simon Avenell -- Local energy initiatives in Japan / Noriko Sakamoto -- Indigenous conservation and post-disaster reconstruction in Taiwan / Sasala Taiban, Hui-nien Lin,Kurtis Jia-chyi Pei, Dau-jye Lu, Hwa-sheng Gau -- Nature for nurture in urban Chinese childrearing / Rob Efird -- Sustainability of Korea's first "New Village" / Chung Ho Kim -- Environmentalism in China's Chengdu Plain / Daniel Benjamin Abramson -- Environmental activism in Kaohsiung, Taiwan / Hua-mei Chiu -- Indigenous attitudes toward nuclear waste in Taiwan / Hsi-wen Chang -- The battle over GMOs in Korea and Japan / Yves Tiberghien -- Grassroots NGOs and environmental activism in China / Jingyun Dai, Anthony Spires -- The eco-developmental state and the environmental Kuznets curve / Stevan Harrell. |
| Summary |
"East Asia has a fifth of the world's population and consumes over half of the world's coal, a quarter of its petroleum products, and 10 percent of its natural gas. It produces a third of the world's greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, making it a major contributor to climate change. Following World War II, emphasis on economic development led first Japan, then Taiwan and the Republic of Korea, and now the People's Republic of China to experience rapid economic growth. This process has brought environmental challenges, evoking governmental concern and environmental movements. The region is an excellent arena in which to study the complex dynamics of environmental politics, as its four countries share ecological, social, cultural, and political characteristics, but they vary in size, resource wealth, history, and political systems. This enables analysis of how these factors can influence environmental politics and how national policy can become reshaped by environmental advocacy. East Asia's pro-environmental shift represents a fundamental change from purely developmental to "eco-developmental," recognizing that greater environmental sustainability is critical for economic growth. Topics addressed in the case studies presented here include Japan after Fukushima, genetically modified food in Japan and Korea, coal plants and wind turbines in China, energy security in Taiwan, Chinese grassroots environmental NGOs, and sustainable rural development in Korea"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Environmental policy -- East Asia -- Case studies.
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Environmental policy. |
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East Asia. |
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Case studies.
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Economic development -- Environmental aspects -- East Asia -- Case studies.
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Economic development -- Environmental aspects. |
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Sustainable development -- East Asia -- Case studies.
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Sustainable development. |
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Environmentalism -- East Asia -- Case studies.
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Environmentalism. |
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East Asia -- Environmental conditions -- Case studies.
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Environmental conditions. |
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HISTORY / Asia / General. |
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Ecology. |
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Electronic books.
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Case studies.
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Esarey, Ashley, editor.
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Haddad, Mary Alice, 1973- editor.
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Lewis, Joanna I., editor.
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Harrell, Stevan, editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Greening East Asia Seattle : University of Washington Press, 2021. 9780295747903 (DLC) 2020013197 |
| ISBN |
0295747927 electronic book |
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9780295747927 electronic book |
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9780295747903 hardcover |
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9780295747910 paperback |
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0295747900 |
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