Asia's Clean Revolution Industry, Growth and the Environment

Preface Owen Cylke, US–Asia Environmental Partnership and Winrock International, USA, Somporn Kamolsiripichaiporn, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand 1. Toward clean shared growth in Asia David P. Angel, Clark University, USA, Michael T. Rock, Hood College, USATubagus Feridhanusetyawan, Centre for Strategic and International Studies, Indonesia Part 1: Framing the Issues David P. Angel and Michael T. Rock 2. Technology and environmental performance: leveraging growth and sustainability George R. Heaton, Jr, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, USABudy Resosudarmo, Indonesian Government Agency for the Assessment and Application of Technology and University of Indonesia 3. Globalisation and the environment in Asia: linkages, impacts and policy implications Daniel Esty, Yale Law School and Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, USAMari Pangestu and Hadi Soesastro, Centre for Strategic and International Studies, Indonesia 4. Public policies to promote cleaner shared industrial growth in East Asia Michael T. Rock, Ooi Giok Ling, Institute of Policy Studies, Singapore, and National University of SingaporeVictor Kimm, University of Southern California, USA 5. Industrialising cities and the environment in Pacific Asia: toward a policy framework and agenda for action Michael Douglass, University of Hawaii, USA, and Ooi Giok Ling 6. Civil society and the future of environmental governance in Asia Lyuba Zarsky, Nautilus Institute for Security and Sustainable Development, USASimon S.C. Tay, National University of Singapore Part 2: Case Studies in Innovation David P. Angel and Michael T. Rock 7. Putting pressure on polluters: Indonesia's PROPER programme. A case study for the Harvard Institute for International Development 1997 Asia Environmental Economics Policy Seminar Shakeb Afsah, International Resources Group, USAJeffrey R. Vincent, Harvard Institute for International Development, USA8. Water pollution abatement in Malaysia Jeffrey R. VincentRozali bin Mohamed Ali, Asset-Holding Berhad, MalaysiaKhalid Abdul Rhaim, Universiti Putra Malaysia 9. Toward more sustainable development: the environment and industrial policy in Taiwan Michael T. Rock 10. Measuring up: toward a common framework for tracking corporate environmental performance Daryl Ditz, Environmental Law Institute, USAJanet Ranganathan, World Resources Institute, USA Postscript Melito Salazar, Bangko Sentral ng PilipinasWarren Evans, Asian Development Bank, Philippines

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David Angel, Michal Rock

An interesting and well-structured book which offers practical insights into how policy might be refined to bring real environmental benefits in both Asia and the rest of the world. - Community Affairs Briefing |

| Asia's Clean Revolution elucidates the environmental problems of rapid industrialization and is the first to present concrete policy solutions for reconciling economic and environmental goals ... it presents a pathbreaking vision of a new trajectory ... this book reflects the new direction for industrialization in Asia at both the theoretical and practical level. - Economic Geography |

| Asia's Clean Revolution successfully fulfills its critical objective of "reconciling economic and environmental goals", and also satisfies its aim of "reducing energy, materials, pollution, and waste intensity of economic activities". As a contribution to environmental management, the book compliments the World Commission on Environment and Development's 1987 "Brundtland Report". It should be essential reading ... - Annals of the Association of American Geographers