Routledge Handbook of Environment and Society in Asia

Paul G. Harris is Chair Professor of Global and Environmental Studies at the Education University of Hong Kong. Graeme Lang is a Professor in the Department of Asian and International Studies at the City University of Hong Kong.

• Part 1: Introduction 1. East Asia and the Environment: A Thematic Introduction Part 2: Human Contexts 2. Human Rights and the Environment: Making the Connections 3. Environmental Justice and Civil Society: Case Studies from Southeast Asia 4. Literature and the Environment: Local Approaches to Ecocriticism Part 3: Politics and Policy 5. Environmental Policy in East Asia: Institutions in Comparative Perspective 6. Paradoxes of Democratization: Environmental Politics in East Asia 7. Nongovernmental Organizations and Environmental Protests: Impacts in East Asia 8. Corporations and the Environment in East Asia: Responsibilities and Responses of Businesses Part 4: Air, Land and Water 9. Air Pollution: Inventories, Regional Control and Institutions 10. Seeing through the Smog: China’s Air Pollution Challenge for East Asia 11. Municipal Solid Waste: The Burgeoning Environmental Threat 12. Water Scarcity and Pollution in South and Southeast Asia: Problems and Challenges 13. Dams: Controlling Water but Creating Problems 14. Food and Agriculture: Security, Globalization and Technology Part 5: Fisheries, Forests and Wildlife 15. Fisheries in East Asia: Political, Economic and Security Challenges 16. Coral Reefs: Artisanal Fisheries and Community-based Management 17. Protecting the Marine Environment: Controlling Pollution in the Coral Triangle 18. Governance of Forests: Regional Institutions in East Asia 19. Wildlife Consumption: Cultural and Environmental Values in China and Southeast Asia Part 6: Energy and Climate Change 20. Drivers of Climate Change in East Asia: The Energy Dilemma 21. Vulnerabilities to Climate Change: Adaptation in the Asia-Pacific 22. Impacts of Climate Change: Challenges of Flooding in Coastal East Asia 23. East Asia’s Renewable Energy Strategies: Low-Carbon Developmentalism in the Making 24. Explaining Low Carbon Development in Asia: The Case of China 25. Nuclear Energy in Asia: End of the Renaissance? Part 7: Conclusion 26. Environmental Change in Asian Societies: Lessons Learned and Future Directions