Asia: A Continental Overview of Environmental Issues

The World's Environments series consists of six volumes covering major areas of the globe. Each volume has ten chapters devoted to the following major environmental issues: Population and land use; Biodiversity; Parks, preserves and protected areas; Forests; Agriculture; Oceans and coastal areas; Energy and transportation; Air quality and the atmosphere; Environmental activism. There are, in addition, a number of sidebars and tables, which provide readers with information on key individuals, organizations, projects, events and controversies connected with specific environmental issues. A good example of the latter would be China's Three Gorges Dam which is probably the world's most controversial dam...