Sustainability matters : environmental management in Asia / editors, Lye Lin-Heng [and others].

Includes bibliographical references.

"This is a compilation of some of the best research papers of students from the MSc (Environmental Management) programme at the National University of Singapore from 2001-2006. They have been edited for brevity and cover a wide range of topics encompassing Corporate Environmental Management, the Conservation of Biological Diversity, Land use Planning, the Marine Environment, the Environment and Economic Development, Energy Sustainability, as well as Urban Pollution and Waste Management. These issues are examined in the context of different Asian countries, including Bangladesh, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Nepal, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. This book provides perspectives of the many challenges that confront environmental managers, and ventures to suggest some solutions."--Pub. desc

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Preface and Acknowledgements -- Message from Shell Chairman -- Message from Chair, MEM Advisory Committee -- Message from Dean, School of Design and Environment -- Contributors -- Supervisors -- Corporate Environmental Management -- Biodiversity and Planning -- Marine Environment -- Environment and Economic Development -- Energy Sustainability -- Urban Pollution and Waste Management -- Introduction Sustainability Matters: Environmental Management in Asia by Victor R Savage, Lye Lin Heng and George Ofori.

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