Routledge Handbook of Sustainable Development in Asia

Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
List of figures, tables and boxes
Contributors
1 Introduction
Section 1: Framework for understanding sustainable development
2 Framework for understanding sustainable development
Section 2: Environmental challenges in Asian countries
3 Air pollution and its threat to
public health in Asia
4 Environmental challenges in Asia
5 Singapore’s environmental
policy: charting progression
in the island-state
6 Climate change and water scarcity:
growing risks for agricultural based
economies in South Asia
Section 3: Energy dependence and transition in Asia
7 Energy situation in Asia
8 Evaluating indicators of energy
security for sustainable
development in Asia
9 Energy systems and low-carbon
policies in East Asia focusing
on Japan and South Korea
10 The Asian urban energy system: an
overview of trends and challenges
Section 4: Economic justice in Asia
11 The evolution of China’s
pay inequality during the
transitional period
12 Income inequality and welfare in
Korea and Taiwan1
13 Infrastructure gap in
South Asia: inequality of
access to infrastructure services
14 Poverty, inequality and public
health in Indonesia: does wealthier
mean healthier?
15 Climate change and food
security in South Asia
Section 5: Social welfare in Asian nations
16 Development of social welfare
in Indonesia: the rise of
conditional cash transfer
17 Social spending in Korea:
can it foster sustainable
and inclusive growth?
18 Inclusion of persons with
disabilities in Singapore:
an evolutionary perspective
19 Why does Asia need wellfunctioning
pension systems?
20 Technical and vocational education
(TVE) for sustainable and inclusive
development in Asia
Section 6: Sustainable governance in Asia
21 Corporate social responsibility
in Vietnam
22 Sustainable development
initiatives at the local
government level in Malaysia
23 Regional governance for
environmental sustainability in
Asia in the context of sustainable
development: a survey of regional
cooperation frameworks
24 Renewable energy and new
developmentalism in East Asia
Section 7: Asia’s sustainable development policy
25 Strategic environmental
assessment as a policy
framework for sustainable
development in Asia
26 Sustainable development and
environmental stewardship: the
Heart of Borneo paradox and its
implications on green economic
transformation in Asia
27 China’s green GDP and
environmental accounting
28 Legal solutions to air pollution
control in Malaysia
29 Regulating trans-boundary
haze in Southeast Asia
30 Energy security performance
in Japan: historical and
scenario analysis
31 Transformations for
sustainable development
in Asia and the Pacific1
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