Mark L. Clifford

The Greening of Asia

The Business Case for Solving Asia's Environmental Emergency

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Produktbeschreibung

One of Asia's best-respected writers on business and economy, Hong Kong-based author Mark L. Clifford provides a behind-the-scenes look at what companies in China, India, Japan, Korea, the Philippines, South Korea, Singapore, and Thailand are doing to build businesses that will lessen the environmental impact of Asia's extraordinary economic growth. Dirty air, foul water, and hellishly overcrowded cities are threatening to choke the region's impressive prosperity. Recognizing a business opportunity in solving social problems, Asian businesses have developed innovative responses to the region's environmental crises.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Columbia University Press
• Seitenzahl: 322
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. April 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 237mm x 161mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 577g
• ISBN-13: 9780231166089
• ISBN-10: 0231166087
• Artikelnr.: 42148933

Autorenporträt

Mark L. Clifford is the executive director of the Hong Kong-based Asia Business Council. During his prize-winning twenty-five-year career in journalism, he served as editor in chief of the South China Morning Post in Hong Kong and held senior editorial roles at BusinessWeek and the Far Eastern Economic Review. He has lived in Hong Kong since 1992.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Introduction: Green Shoots Under Soot-Stained Skies
Part I. Energy: Sun, Wind, and the End of Coal
1. The Sun Kings
2. Blowin' in the Wind
Part II. Our Human World: Cities, Buildings, Wheels
3. Cities in a Garden
4. Buildings for a Greener Asia
5. Asia on the Move: Cars and Trains
Part III. Nature: Forests, Farms, and Water
6. "Water Is More Important Than Oil"
7. The Tropical Challenge: Saving Asia's Lungs
8. "Adhere and Prosper": From Black Coal to Green Power
Conclusion. From Black to Green: Asia's Challenge
Appendix: Companies to Watch
Bibliography
Index

Rezensionen

"In this well-researched and ultimately optimistic account, Clifford makes the case that environmental policies 'can and must be fixed' and gives us examples of companies that have worked to find private-sector solutions. In doing so, Clifford sheds much-needed light on the workings and future of the region's efforts on the environment, and on the need for governments to set clear rules so that business can do its part to solve the region's environmental crisis." - Joseph E. Stiglitz, 2001 Nobel Laureate in Economics