Facility Siting in the Asia-Pacific

Kin-che Lam

ISBN 10: 9629964066 / ISBN 13: 9789629964061

Published by The Chinese University Press, HK, 2011

About this Item

This volume addresses the management of conflicts that involve the siting of unwanted projects in the Asia-Pacific region. Contributors are renowned scholars in environmental policy and write from actual experience with the region, employing theoretical, comparative, and policy-based approaches to an analysis of environmental conflict, risk management, and public participation. The collection therefore will function as an invaluable resource for policymakers, environmentalists, and scholars of the Asia-Pacific and elsewhere.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Facility Siting in the Asia-Pacific
• Publisher: The Chinese University Press, HK
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9629964066
• ISBN 13: 9789629964061
• Binding: Hardback
• Condition: New
• Dimensions: 16.26W x 2.54H x 23.11D centimeters 16.26 centimeters width by 2.54 centimeters height by 23.11 centimeters depth
• Weight: 454 grams

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Synopsis

This volume addresses the management of conflicts that involve the siting of unwanted projects in the Asia-Pacific region. Contributors are renowned scholars in environmental policy and write from actual experience with the region, employing theoretical, comparative, and policy-based approaches to an analysis of environmental conflict, risk management, and public participation. The collection therefore will function as an invaluable resource for policymakers, environmentalists, and scholars of the Asia-Pacific and elsewhere.

About the Author

Tung Fung is professor and chairman of the Department of Geography and Resource Management at The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Hayden Lesbiral specializes in the political economy of policy formulation and implementation and has a particular interest in energy and environmental affairs and policy in Japan and in the Asia-Pacific. Kin-che Lam is professor in the Department of Geography and Resource Management and director of the Centre for Environmental Policy and Research Management at The Chinese University of Hong Kong.