Table Of ContentRoutledge Handbook of
Sustainable Development in Asia
In the present global context, some countries still face many challenges to bringing about
inclusive,efficient,andenvironmentallysustainabledevelopment.Simultaneously,thestakesof
survival are rising, as climate change exacerbates both environmental and social ills. Asia as a
region is particularly vulnerable, as it is densely populated and includes both developed and
developingcountries.
The Routledge Handbook of Sustainable Development in Asia seeks to examine these issues in
depth.Presentingacomprehensiveliteraturereview,aswellasnumerouscasestudies,thisbook
examines sustainable development from economic and social perspectives, as well as from an
environmentalviewpoint.Dividedintosevenparts,thetopicsaddressedinclude:
(cid:1) Environmentalchallenges
(cid:1) Energydependenceandtransition
(cid:1) Economicjustice
(cid:1) Socialwelfare
(cid:1) Sustainablegovernance.
Providingcomprehensivecoverageofawidevarietyofcountriesintheregion,thishandbook
willbeusefulforstudentsandscholarsofsustainabledevelopment,environmentandsociety,and
AsianStudiesingeneral.
Sara Hsu is an Associate Professor of Economics at the State University of New York at
New Paltz. Her recent publications include Development in China, India and Japan (2016) and
LessonsinSustainableDevelopmentfromMalaysiaandIndonesia(2014).
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Sustainable Development
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Contents
List of figures, tables and boxes ix
Notes on contributors xvii
1 Introduction 1
Darrin Magee
SECTION 1
Framework for understanding sustainable development 19
2 Framework for understanding sustainable development 21
Sara Hsu
SECTION 2
Environmental challenges in Asian countries 37
3 Air pollution and its threat to public health in Asia 39
Lee Liu
4 Environmental challenges in Asia 66
Debashis Chakraborty and Sacchidananda Mukherjee
5 Singapore’s environmental policy: charting progression
in the island-state 91
Seck Tan
6 Climate change and water scarcity: growing risks for agricultural
based economies in South Asia 104
Farzad Taheripour, Thomas W. Hertel, Badri Narayanan
Gopalakrishnan, Sebnem Sahin, Anil Markandya,
Bijon Kumer Mitra and Vivek Prasad
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SECTION 3
Energy dependence and transition in Asia 133
7 Energy situation in Asia 135
Reiji Takeishi
8 Evaluating indicators of energy security for sustainable
development in Asia 161
Helen Cabalu and Yixiao Zhou
9 Energy systems and low-carbon policies in East Asia
focusing on Japan and South Korea 180
Soocheol Lee
10 The Asian urban energy system: an overview of trends and challenges 192
Peter J. Marcotullio
SECTION 4
Economic justice in Asia 223
11 The evolution of China’s pay inequality during the
transitional period 225
Wenjie Zhang
12 Income inequality and welfare in Korea and Taiwan 245
Eunju Chi
13 Infrastructure gap in South Asia: inequality of access
to infrastructure services 261
Dan Biller, Luis Andr(cid:1)es and Mat´ıas Herrera Dappe
14 Poverty, inequality and public health in Indonesia:
does wealthier mean healthier? 299
Riyana Miranti
15 Climate change and food security in South Asia 320
Simi Mehta, Vikash Kumar and Rattan Lal
SECTION 5
Social welfare in Asian nations 343
16 Development of social welfare in Indonesia: the rise
of conditional cash transfer 345
Edi Suharto
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17 Social spending in Korea: can it foster sustainable and
inclusive growth? 354
Selim Elekdag, Dulani Seneviratne and Edda Zoli
18 Inclusion of persons with disabilities in Singapore:
an evolutionary perspective 373
Levan Lim and Thana Thaver
19 Why does Asia need well-functioning pension systems? 394
Gemma Estrada, Donghyun Park, Cynthia Petalcorin and Shu Tian
20 Technical and vocational education (TVE) for sustainable
and inclusive development in Asia 412
John Fien and Rupert Maclean
SECTION 6
Sustainable governance in Asia 425
21 Corporate social responsibility in Vietnam 427
Neda Trifkovic, Thomas Markussen, Carol Newman and John Rand
22 Sustainable development initiatives at the local government
level in Malaysia 449
Ashiru Bello and Ainul Jaria Maidin
23 Regional governance for environmental sustainability in
Asia in the context of sustainable development: a survey
of regional cooperation frameworks 468
Mark Elder
24 Renewable energy and new developmentalism in East Asia 495
Christopher M. Dent
SECTION 7
Asia’s sustainable development policy 517
25 Strategic environmental assessment as a policy framework for
sustainable development in Asia 519
Dennis Victor
26 Sustainable development and environmental stewardship:
the Heart of Borneo paradox and its implications on
green economic transformation in Asia 532
Choy Yee Keong
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27 China’s green GDP and environmental accounting 550
Yu-Wai Vic Li
28 Legal solutions to air pollution control in Malaysia 566
Maizatun Mustafa
29 Regulating trans-boundary haze in Southeast Asia 581
Lahiru S. Wijedasa, Zeehan Jaafar, Mary Rose C. Posa
and Janice S.H. Lee
30 Energy security performance in Japan: historical and
scenario analysis 596
Ken’ichi Matsumoto
31 Transformations for sustainable development in Asia
and the Pacific 611
Hitomi Rankine, Kareff Rafisura and Jos(cid:1)e A. Puppim de Oliveira
Index 624
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Figures, tables and boxes
Figures
1.1 Conceptual framework for understanding sustainable development in Asia 3
1.2 Historical energy and electricity use in East/Southeast Asia 9
1.3 Percentage of renewable energy use in Asia and worldwide 10
1.4 Energy imports in Asia (as a region) and Japan 11
1.5 Normalized Gini coefficients for Asia 12
1.6 Human Development Index (HDI) by region 13
1.7 Governance Indicators for Selected Asian Countries 15
3.1 Annual mean PM2.5 Exposure in Asian countries/regions 2000–2014 54
3.2 Annual mean PM2.5 Exceedance in Asian countries/regions 2000–2014 55
3.3 Annual mean PM2.5 Health Risk in Asian countries/regions 1990–2014 55
3.4 Annual mean NO Exposure in Asian countries/regions 1997–2011 56
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3.5 Annual mean PM2.5 Exposure and GDP per capita in Chinese cities, 2014 60
3.6 Annual mean PM210 exposure and GDP per capita in Chinese
cities, 2014 60
3.7 Annual mean PM2.5 Exposure and GDP per capita in Asian
countries/regions, 2000–2014 60
3.8 Annual mean PM2.5 Exceedance and GDP per capita in Asian
countries/regions, 2000–2014 61
3.9 Annual mean PM2.5 Health Risk Exposure and GDP per capita in
Asian countries/regions, 1990–2013 61
3.10 Annual mean NO Exposure and GDP per capita in Asian
2
countries/regions, 1997–2011 61
4.1 Water productivity, total 82
6.1 Structure of the GTAP-BIO-W static model 106
6.2 Distribution of India’s harvested area by river basin 109
6.3 Distribution of available land in India by river basin 110
6.4 Shares of agricultural and non-agricultural uses in water withdrawal in
South Asia in 2011 111
6.5 (a) Distribution of water withdrawal in India by river basin;
(b) Distribution of water withdrawal in other countries of
South Asia by river basin 112
6.6 Shares of surface and underground water in total water withdrawal
in South Asia by river basin 113
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