Sustainability Matters (ePub)
Environmental and Climate Changes in the Asia-Pacific
(Sprache: Englisch)
Sustainability Matters is a compilation of some of the best research papers by students from the National University of Singapore's multi-disciplinary and inter-disciplinary graduate programme in environmental studies, the M.Sc. in Environmental Management...
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Sustainability Matters is a compilation of some of the best research papers by students from the National University of Singapore's multi-disciplinary and inter-disciplinary graduate programme in environmental studies, the M.Sc. in Environmental Management [MEM]. This collection is for the period 2012/2013 and 2013/2014. Entitled Sustainability Matters: Environmental and Climate Changes in the Asia-Pacific, this is the fifth compilation by the programme, and comprises 18 of the best research papers completed during this period. The papers have been edited for brevity. They analyse the many challenges to effective environmental management covering countries including Bangladesh, Hong Kong, India, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and the US. Issues examined include biodiversity conservation, environmental impact assessments, energy, food security, sustainable business practices, public housing, environmental education, and climate change.The first compilation, Sustainability Matters: Environmental Management in Asia was published in 2010 (World Scientific) and comprised the best papers from 2001/2002 to 2006/2007. The second, Sustainability Matters: Challenges and Opportunities in Environmental Management in Asia was published in 2011 (Pearson), and comprised the best papers from 2007/2008 and 2008/2009. The third and fourth compilations (World Scientific) comprised the best papers from the period 2009/2010 to 2011/2012.The papers are edited by five staff members from different disciplines in the MEM programme: Lye Lin-Heng, Victor R Savage, Kua Harn-Wei, Chou Loke-Ming and Tan Puay-Yok.
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LYE Lin-Heng LLB (Sing), LLM (King's College, London, UK), LLM (Harvard, USA) is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Law, NUS, and Director of its Asia-Pacific Centre for Environmental Law (APCEL). Her areas of teaching and research are in Environmental Law and Property Law. She chaired the Steering Committee for the MEM Programme and now chairs its Programme Management Committee. She is also a member of the Programme Management Committee for the NUS Bachelor in Environmental Studies (BES). She is former Vice-Dean of the Law School at NUS, former Vice-Chair of the IUCN Academy of Environmental Law and was a member of its Board of Governors, representing Southeast Asia for many years. She is a Visiting Associate Professor at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, and also teaches at the Faculty of Law, University of Sydney. She was Honorary Legal Advisor to the Nature Society Singapore, for many years. She is a member of the Ministry of Environment and Water Resources Committee on Clean Drinking Water Standards for Singapore. She is also a member of the Strata Titles Board, and a former Board Member of the Housing and Development Board (HDB).Victor R SAVAGE is an Associate Professor and Director of the Alumni Relations Office, at the National University of Singapore (NUS). He is the Deputy Director of the Masters of Science in Environmental Management Programme's (MEM) Management Committee. A/P Savage's research interest focuses mainly on Singapore and the Southeast Asian region — on historical and cultural landscapes, sustainable environments, environmental education, sustainable urban development and cross-cultural issues. Among his books are: Western Impressions of Nature and Landscape in Southeast Asia (1984); The Naga Awakens: Growth and Change in Southeast Asia (co-edited with Lily Kong and Warwick Neville, 1998); Environmental and Climate Change in Asia: Ecological Footprints and Green Prospects (jointly edited
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with Lye Lin-Heng, 2012); Singapore Street Names: A Study of Toponymics (jointly authored with Brenda Yeoh, 2013). A/P Savage is a board member of the Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography and an International Editorial Board member of Geografiska Annaler (Sweden) and Editor-in-Chief of the Open Journal of Ecology.
KUA Harn-Wei is an Associate Professor in the Department of Building, NUS, for which he is currently the Deputy Head (Research). He obtained his PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA, in sustainable building technology and policy. His current research interests include technology and policy issues related to sustainable building materials. Specifically, he devises sustainability assessment methods for existing and emergent materials, and uses the results of these assessments to design integrated sustainability policies to improve and promote these materials. At the department, he is co-leading a research cluster on building materials, in which he focuses on creating bio-based materials that sequester and utilize carbon dioxide. He is an MIT Martin Family Society Fellow for Sustainability, an MIT Carroll L. Wilson Fellow and a World Cities Summit Young Leader. He is also a Council Member of the Southwest Community Development Council of Singapore.
CHOU Loke-Ming retired in October 2014 and currently holds joint appointments as Adjunct Research Professor at both the Tropical Marine Science Institute, and the Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore. His research interests include coral reef ecology and restoration, and integrated coastal management. He studied coral reefs in Okinawa and the...
LYE Lin-Heng LLB (Sing), LLM (King's College, London, UK), LLM (Harvard, USA) is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Law, NUS, and Director of its Asia-Pacific Centre for Environmental Law (APCEL). Her areas of teaching and research are in Environmental Law and Property Law. She chaired the Steering Committee for the MEM Programme and now chairs its Programme Management Committee. She is also a member of the Programme Management Committee for the NUS Bachelor in Environmental Studies (BES). She is former Vice-Dean of the Law School at NUS, former Vice-Chair of the IUCN Academy of Environmental Law and was a member of its Board of Governors, representing Southeast Asia for many years. She is a Visiting Associate Professor at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, and also teaches at the Faculty of Law, University of Sydney. She was Honorary Legal Advisor to the Nature Society Singapore, for many years. She is a member of the Ministry of Environment and Water Resources Committee on Clean Drinking Water Standards for Singapore. She is also a member of the Strata Titles Board, and a former Board Member of the Housing and Development Board (HDB).
Victor R SAVAGE is an Associate Professor and Director of the Alumni Relations Office, at the National University of Singapore (NUS). He is the Deputy Director of the Masters of Science in Environmental Management Programme's (MEM) Management Committee. A/P Savage's research interest focuses mainly on Singapore and the Southeast Asian region — on historical and cultural landscapes, sustainable environments, environmental education, sustainable urban development and cross-cultural issues. Among his books are: Western Impressions of Nature and Landscape in Southeast Asia (1984); The Naga Awakens: Growth and Change in Southeast Asia (co-edited with Lily Kong and Warwick Neville, 1998); Environmental and Climate Change in Asia: Ecological Footprints and Green Prospects (jointly edited with Lye Lin-Heng, 2012); Singapore Street Names: A Study of Toponymics (jointly authored with Brenda Yeoh, 2013). A/P Savage is a board member of the Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography and an International Editorial Board member of Geografiska Annaler (Sweden) and Editor-in-Chief of the Open Journal of Ecology.
KUA Harn-Wei is an Associate Professor in the Department of Building, NUS, for which he is currently the Deputy Head (Research). He obtained his PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA, in sustainable building technology and policy. His current research interests include technology and policy issues related to sustainable building materials. Specifically, he devises sustainability assessment methods for existing and emergent materials, and uses the results of these assessments to design integrated sustainability policies to improve and promote these materials. At the department, he is co-leading a research cluster on building materials, in which he focuses on creating bio-based materials that sequester and utilize carbon dioxide. He is an MIT Martin Family Society Fellow for Sustainability, an MIT Carroll L. Wilson Fellow and a World Cities Summit Young Leader. He is also a Council Member of the Southwest Community Development Council of Singapore.
CHOU Loke-Ming retired in October 2014 and currently holds joint appointments as Adjunct Research Professor at both the Tropical Marine Science Institute, and the Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore. His research interests include coral reef ecology and restoration, and integrated coastal management. He studied coral reefs in Okinawa and the...
LYE Lin-Heng LLB (Sing), LLM (King's College, London, UK), LLM (Harvard, USA) is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Law, NUS, and Director of its Asia-Pacific Centre for Environmental Law (APCEL). Her areas of teaching and research are in Environmental Law and Property Law. She chaired the Steering Committee for the MEM Programme and now chairs its Programme Management Committee. She is also a member of the Programme Management Committee for the NUS Bachelor in Environmental Studies (BES). She is former Vice-Dean of the Law School at NUS, former Vice-Chair of the IUCN Academy of Environmental Law and was a member of its Board of Governors, representing Southeast Asia for many years. She is a Visiting Associate Professor at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, and also teaches at the Faculty of Law, University of Sydney. She was Honorary Legal Advisor to the Nature Society Singapore, for many years. She is a member of the Ministry of Environment and Water Resources Committee on Clean Drinking Water Standards for Singapore. She is also a member of the Strata Titles Board, and a former Board Member of the Housing and Development Board (HDB).
Victor R SAVAGE is an Associate Professor and Director of the Alumni Relations Office, at the National University of Singapore (NUS). He is the Deputy Director of the Masters of Science in Environmental Management Programme's (MEM) Management Committee. A/P Savage's research interest focuses mainly on Singapore and the Southeast Asian region — on historical and cultural landscapes, sustainable environments, environmental education, sustainable urban development and cross-cultural issues. Among his books are: Western Impressions of Nature and Landscape in Southeast Asia (1984); The Naga Awakens: Growth and Change in Southeast Asia (co-edited with Lily Kong and Warwick Neville, 1998); Environmental and Climate Change in Asia: Ecological Footprints and Green Prospects (jointly edited with Lye Lin-Heng, 2012); Singapore Street Names: A Study of Toponymics (jointly authored with Brenda Yeoh, 2013). A/P Savage is a board member of the Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography and an International Editorial Board member of Geografiska Annaler (Sweden) and Chief Editor of the Open Journal of Ecology.
KUA Harn-Wei is an Associate Professor in the Department of Building, NUS, for which he is currently the Deputy Head (Research). He obtained his PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA, in sustainable building technology and policy. His current research interests include technology and policy issues related to sustainable building materials. Specifically, he devises sustainability assessment methods for existing and emergent materials, and uses the results of these assessments to design integrated sustainability policies to improve and promote these materials. At the department, he is co-leading a research cluster on building materials, in which he focuses on creating bio-based materials that sequester and utilize carbon dioxide. He is an MIT Martin Family Society Fellow for Sustainability, an MIT Carroll L. Wilson Fellow and a World Cities Summit Young Leader. He is also a Council Member of the Southwest Community Development Council of Singapore.
CHOU Loke-Ming retired in October 2014 and currently holds joint appointments as Adjunct Research Professor at both the Tropical Marine Science Institute, and the Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore. His research interests include coral reef ecology and restoration, and integrated coastal management. He studied coral reefs in Okinawa and the ASEAN reg
KUA Harn-Wei is an Associate Professor in the Department of Building, NUS, for which he is currently the Deputy Head (Research). He obtained his PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA, in sustainable building technology and policy. His current research interests include technology and policy issues related to sustainable building materials. Specifically, he devises sustainability assessment methods for existing and emergent materials, and uses the results of these assessments to design integrated sustainability policies to improve and promote these materials. At the department, he is co-leading a research cluster on building materials, in which he focuses on creating bio-based materials that sequester and utilize carbon dioxide. He is an MIT Martin Family Society Fellow for Sustainability, an MIT Carroll L. Wilson Fellow and a World Cities Summit Young Leader. He is also a Council Member of the Southwest Community Development Council of Singapore.
CHOU Loke-Ming retired in October 2014 and currently holds joint appointments as Adjunct Research Professor at both the Tropical Marine Science Institute, and the Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore. His research interests include coral reef ecology and restoration, and integrated coastal management. He studied coral reefs in Okinawa and the...
LYE Lin-Heng LLB (Sing), LLM (King's College, London, UK), LLM (Harvard, USA) is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Law, NUS, and Director of its Asia-Pacific Centre for Environmental Law (APCEL). Her areas of teaching and research are in Environmental Law and Property Law. She chaired the Steering Committee for the MEM Programme and now chairs its Programme Management Committee. She is also a member of the Programme Management Committee for the NUS Bachelor in Environmental Studies (BES). She is former Vice-Dean of the Law School at NUS, former Vice-Chair of the IUCN Academy of Environmental Law and was a member of its Board of Governors, representing Southeast Asia for many years. She is a Visiting Associate Professor at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, and also teaches at the Faculty of Law, University of Sydney. She was Honorary Legal Advisor to the Nature Society Singapore, for many years. She is a member of the Ministry of Environment and Water Resources Committee on Clean Drinking Water Standards for Singapore. She is also a member of the Strata Titles Board, and a former Board Member of the Housing and Development Board (HDB).
Victor R SAVAGE is an Associate Professor and Director of the Alumni Relations Office, at the National University of Singapore (NUS). He is the Deputy Director of the Masters of Science in Environmental Management Programme's (MEM) Management Committee. A/P Savage's research interest focuses mainly on Singapore and the Southeast Asian region — on historical and cultural landscapes, sustainable environments, environmental education, sustainable urban development and cross-cultural issues. Among his books are: Western Impressions of Nature and Landscape in Southeast Asia (1984); The Naga Awakens: Growth and Change in Southeast Asia (co-edited with Lily Kong and Warwick Neville, 1998); Environmental and Climate Change in Asia: Ecological Footprints and Green Prospects (jointly edited with Lye Lin-Heng, 2012); Singapore Street Names: A Study of Toponymics (jointly authored with Brenda Yeoh, 2013). A/P Savage is a board member of the Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography and an International Editorial Board member of Geografiska Annaler (Sweden) and Editor-in-Chief of the Open Journal of Ecology.
KUA Harn-Wei is an Associate Professor in the Department of Building, NUS, for which he is currently the Deputy Head (Research). He obtained his PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA, in sustainable building technology and policy. His current research interests include technology and policy issues related to sustainable building materials. Specifically, he devises sustainability assessment methods for existing and emergent materials, and uses the results of these assessments to design integrated sustainability policies to improve and promote these materials. At the department, he is co-leading a research cluster on building materials, in which he focuses on creating bio-based materials that sequester and utilize carbon dioxide. He is an MIT Martin Family Society Fellow for Sustainability, an MIT Carroll L. Wilson Fellow and a World Cities Summit Young Leader. He is also a Council Member of the Southwest Community Development Council of Singapore.
CHOU Loke-Ming retired in October 2014 and currently holds joint appointments as Adjunct Research Professor at both the Tropical Marine Science Institute, and the Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore. His research interests include coral reef ecology and restoration, and integrated coastal management. He studied coral reefs in Okinawa and the...
LYE Lin-Heng LLB (Sing), LLM (King's College, London, UK), LLM (Harvard, USA) is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Law, NUS, and Director of its Asia-Pacific Centre for Environmental Law (APCEL). Her areas of teaching and research are in Environmental Law and Property Law. She chaired the Steering Committee for the MEM Programme and now chairs its Programme Management Committee. She is also a member of the Programme Management Committee for the NUS Bachelor in Environmental Studies (BES). She is former Vice-Dean of the Law School at NUS, former Vice-Chair of the IUCN Academy of Environmental Law and was a member of its Board of Governors, representing Southeast Asia for many years. She is a Visiting Associate Professor at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, and also teaches at the Faculty of Law, University of Sydney. She was Honorary Legal Advisor to the Nature Society Singapore, for many years. She is a member of the Ministry of Environment and Water Resources Committee on Clean Drinking Water Standards for Singapore. She is also a member of the Strata Titles Board, and a former Board Member of the Housing and Development Board (HDB).
Victor R SAVAGE is an Associate Professor and Director of the Alumni Relations Office, at the National University of Singapore (NUS). He is the Deputy Director of the Masters of Science in Environmental Management Programme's (MEM) Management Committee. A/P Savage's research interest focuses mainly on Singapore and the Southeast Asian region — on historical and cultural landscapes, sustainable environments, environmental education, sustainable urban development and cross-cultural issues. Among his books are: Western Impressions of Nature and Landscape in Southeast Asia (1984); The Naga Awakens: Growth and Change in Southeast Asia (co-edited with Lily Kong and Warwick Neville, 1998); Environmental and Climate Change in Asia: Ecological Footprints and Green Prospects (jointly edited with Lye Lin-Heng, 2012); Singapore Street Names: A Study of Toponymics (jointly authored with Brenda Yeoh, 2013). A/P Savage is a board member of the Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography and an International Editorial Board member of Geografiska Annaler (Sweden) and Chief Editor of the Open Journal of Ecology.
KUA Harn-Wei is an Associate Professor in the Department of Building, NUS, for which he is currently the Deputy Head (Research). He obtained his PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA, in sustainable building technology and policy. His current research interests include technology and policy issues related to sustainable building materials. Specifically, he devises sustainability assessment methods for existing and emergent materials, and uses the results of these assessments to design integrated sustainability policies to improve and promote these materials. At the department, he is co-leading a research cluster on building materials, in which he focuses on creating bio-based materials that sequester and utilize carbon dioxide. He is an MIT Martin Family Society Fellow for Sustainability, an MIT Carroll L. Wilson Fellow and a World Cities Summit Young Leader. He is also a Council Member of the Southwest Community Development Council of Singapore.
CHOU Loke-Ming retired in October 2014 and currently holds joint appointments as Adjunct Research Professor at both the Tropical Marine Science Institute, and the Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore. His research interests include coral reef ecology and restoration, and integrated coastal management. He studied coral reefs in Okinawa and the ASEAN reg
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- 2015, Englisch
- Herausgegeben: Lin-Heng Lye, Harn-Wei Kua, Loke-Ming Chou, Victor R Savage
- ISBN-10: 9814719153
- ISBN-13: 9789814719155
- Erscheinungsdatum: 31.07.2015
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