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Environmental governance for sustainable development [electronic resource] : East Asian perspectives / edited by Akihisa Mori.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Japan : United Nations University Press, 2013.Description: xxv, 384 p. : illSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 338.95/07 23
LOC classification:
  • HC460.5.Z9 E545 2013
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Contents:
pt. I. Environmental governance for sustainable development in East Asia -- pt. II. Domestic pressures for national environmental governance -- pt. III. International assistance for local environmental governance -- pt. IV. Regional approaches to economic integration and environmental governance -- pt. V. Hybrid systems in environmental governance.
Summary: "In order to advance global sustainable development it is indispensable to change the course and mode of conventional economic growth in the East Asian region, which has enjoyed rapid economic growth but faces environmental challenges. This volume gives attention to the evolution of multi-level environmental governance in the East Asian region, including both Northeast and Southeast Asia. It examines how effective emerging environmental governance and policy has been and addresses the underlying causes of local, national, regional and global environmental challenges. Topical chapters include democratization and its effect on decision-making processes, international environmental aid, economic analysis of carbon reduction policy, regional and global environmental regimes and subsequent new financial mechanisms, and hybrid systems of environmental governance that emphasize the role of the private sector and civil society in contributing to environmental governance. This volume gives special attention to the regional economic and environmental regimes. It examines the advantages, challenges and solutions in addressing local, national, regional and global environmental challenges, and in changing the course of economic growth"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

pt. I. Environmental governance for sustainable development in East Asia -- pt. II. Domestic pressures for national environmental governance -- pt. III. International assistance for local environmental governance -- pt. IV. Regional approaches to economic integration and environmental governance -- pt. V. Hybrid systems in environmental governance.

"In order to advance global sustainable development it is indispensable to change the course and mode of conventional economic growth in the East Asian region, which has enjoyed rapid economic growth but faces environmental challenges. This volume gives attention to the evolution of multi-level environmental governance in the East Asian region, including both Northeast and Southeast Asia. It examines how effective emerging environmental governance and policy has been and addresses the underlying causes of local, national, regional and global environmental challenges. Topical chapters include democratization and its effect on decision-making processes, international environmental aid, economic analysis of carbon reduction policy, regional and global environmental regimes and subsequent new financial mechanisms, and hybrid systems of environmental governance that emphasize the role of the private sector and civil society in contributing to environmental governance. This volume gives special attention to the regional economic and environmental regimes. It examines the advantages, challenges and solutions in addressing local, national, regional and global environmental challenges, and in changing the course of economic growth"-- Provided by publisher.

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