THE WESTERN PACIFIC: Challenge of Sustainable Growth - Hardcover

Burnett, Alan

9781852783679: THE WESTERN PACIFIC: Challenge of Sustainable Growth

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1852783672 ISBN 13: 9781852783679

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing, 1992

The 'economic miracle' of the Western Pacific is under threat from recent increases in population growth, energy demand and environmental degradation. In this wide ranging book, Alan Burnett assesses the economic and political prospects of the four groups of Western Pacific countries experiencing major environmental changes: Australasia, South Asia, Indo-China and North East Asia including China.
The Western Pacific discusses the challenges facing the government as a consequence of population pressures and the degradation of forest, rural, industrial and urban environments. Alan Burnett concludes that recent literature on sustainable growth, including the Brundtland Report of 1987, appears little better than utopian as world population steadily rises towards eight billion.
This instructive and illuminating book successfully bridges the areas of economic development, environmental studies and international relations in a powerful statement that will be essential reading for economists, political scientists and policy makers throughout the world.

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About the Author:

Alan Burnett, Department of International Relations, Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University

Review:

`It is an important book not only for those residing in the Western Pacific but for all on the globe whose life is bound to be affected both positively and negatively by the path the region chooses because of its increasingly overwhelming size, vigour and uncertainty.' -- Takashi Inoguchi, Population and Development Review `A comprehensive and illuminating analysis of ecological consequences of rapid growth in the Western Pacific country groups of Australia, South Asia, India-China and Northeast Asia. A useful, informative, and multidisciplinary guide to the Western Pacific. Strongly recommended for undergraduate and graduate students, scholars, policy makers, and general readers interested in ecological issues and the Western Pacific.' -- C. Moon, Choice

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