Title: Integrated Environmental Management : Development, Information, and Education in the Asian-Pacific.... Author: Yasumasa Itakura ISBN: 1566704197 / 9781566704199 Format: Hard Cover Pages: 304 Publisher: Lewis Year: 1999 Availability: Out of Stock
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The change from a rural to an industrial economy affects many countries. Rapid growth and development causes significant changes in environmental management for countries beginning to confront serious degradation problems. In the Pacific Rim, rich in environmental and human resources, widespread pollution problems affect water and air quality, contaminating groundwater and soils and dramatically increasing human exposure to hazardous waste. Critical resources - such as rainforests - disappear at an alarming rate.
The book features in-depth reviews of the Pacific Rim's increasing environmental problems. It examines every major issue including hazardous waste, solid waste, water and wastewater, air pollution, biodiversity, industrial waste and much more. The final chapters outline education and information-sharing strategies designed to change environmental policy, putting the focus on slowing growth and working towards sustainable development. Integrated Environmental Management provides an information-packed review of the regions' environmental problems, concentrating on problem solving, sustainable development, and education. Anyone faced with environmental problems related to population growth and rapid industrialization will find this book particularly enlightening.
• Defines the role of information systems, distance education, and environmental networks in supporting environmental education worldwide • Identifies a region's environmental problems and looks at ways to develop programs to promote changes in environmental awareness • Reviews environmental education experiences and identifies problems still unsolved • Outlines education and information-sharing strategies designed to change environmental policy
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Chapter 1 : High-Speed Growth, Politics and the Environment in East and Southeast Asia Chapter 2 : Lake Biwa and the Asian Environmental Agenda : Issues and Prospects Chapter 3 : Beyond Environmental Legislation : Environmental Education in Malaysia Chapter 4 : Mountains, Rivers, and the Coastal Zone in Asia : Environmental Management and Community Integration into the 21st Century Chapter 5 : Environmental Problems and Public Awareness in the Republic of Korea Chapter 6 : Economic Development and the Environment in Thailand : The Current Situation and the Role of Environmental Education and NGOs Chapter 7 : Problems of Ecosystem Devastation as a Focus in Environmental Education Chapter 8 : Education for Solving Environmental Problems : How to Develop Teaching Materials and Generate Support for Environmental Education in Schools Chapter 9 : The Present Situation and Problems of Environmental Education in Shiga Prefecture Chapter 10 : The Development of Environmental Education Curricula and Some Examples of Thai Experiences Chapter 11 : In-Service Training Programs in Environmental Education in the Philippines – The Role of UP-ISMED Chapter 12 : Local Involvement through the Environmental Network : The Key to Successful Natural Conservation Chapter 13 : Environmental Education in Support of Sustainable Development : The Case of Indonesia Chapter 14 : Literacy Regarding Environmental Issues – Allonomy or Autonomy? Chapter 15 : Environmental Contamination and the Information Highway Chapter 16 : Networks, Technology, Distance Learning and Environmental Education Chapter 17 : The Use of Advanced Information and Communication Technologies in Education Chapter 18 : Links, not Boundaries : An Asian-Pacific Environmental Education Network Chapter 19 : Biwako-Das : Public Collaboration in Meteorological Observation with a Computer Communication Network Chapter 20 : Establishing a Course in the Practical Use of Media Tools at Shiga University – Introduction of a Flexible Learning Program Chapter 21 : What Education and Information Systems Can Do to Help Solve Environmental Problems : A Summary