Overview
- Details some of the most intransigent social, economic and political issues impacting on achieving sustainable development in Asia and the Pacific
- Provides regional perspectives that enable practitioners and policy experts to explore living models of socio-economic and political problems
- Presents a set of integrated perspectives on the nexus between population, development and the environment in Asia and the Pacific
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Table of contents (25 chapters)
Keywords
- Sustainable development in Asia
- Water and Food Security in Asia
- Environmental Degradation in Asia
- Environmental Citizenship
- Civil Society in Asia
- Disaster Resilience
- Rural-Urban Migration
- Poverty Alleviation and Community Empowerment in Asia
- Impact on the Environment of Energy and Mining Activities
- sustainability
- development aid
About this book
The book will be valuable to students of sustainability, population and development, and governmental policy advising sectors as well as the NGO and humanitarian sectors. The distinctive characteristic of this book is that it encapsulates an integrated, multi-disciplinary focus which brings to the discussion both robust empirical research and challenging policy applications in the investigation of how the sustainable development goals may be achieved in Asia and the Pacific.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Population, Development, and the Environment
Book Subtitle: Challenges to Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals in the Asia Pacific
Editors: Helen James
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-2101-6
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Singapore
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-13-2100-9Published: 25 February 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-981-13-2101-6Published: 15 February 2019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXXVI, 440
Number of Illustrations: 110 b/w illustrations
Topics: Development and Sustainability, Sustainability Management, Sustainable Development, Development Aid, Natural Resource and Energy Economics