Integrated Environmental Management : Development, Information, and Education in the Asian-Pacific....

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.

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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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Foreword
Preface

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

Index