The Biophysical Environment of Singapore
Title | The Biophysical Environment of Singapore PDF eBook |
Author | Lin Sien Chia |
Publisher | NUS Press |
Pages | 240 |
Release | 1991 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 9789971691448 |
The Coastal Environmental Profile of Singapore
Title | The Coastal Environmental Profile of Singapore PDF eBook |
Author | Lin Sien Chia |
Publisher | WorldFish |
Pages | 108 |
Release | 1988 |
Genre | Coastal ecology |
ISBN | 9711022486 |
Singapore's Urban Coastal Area
Title | Singapore's Urban Coastal Area PDF eBook |
Author | Lin Sien Chia |
Publisher | WorldFish |
Pages | 109 |
Release | 1992-01-01 |
Genre | Coastal ecology |
ISBN | 9718709177 |
Proceedings of the Conference on the Biophysical Environment of Singapore and Its Neighbouring Countries, 3-5 May 1985, Singapore
Title | Proceedings of the Conference on the Biophysical Environment of Singapore and Its Neighbouring Countries, 3-5 May 1985, Singapore PDF eBook |
Author | Lin Sien Chia |
Publisher | |
Pages | 122 |
Release | 1986 |
Genre | Travel |
ISBN |
Muddied Waters
Title | Muddied Waters PDF eBook |
Author | P. Boomgaard |
Publisher | BRILL |
Pages | 426 |
Release | 2021-10-01 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9004454349 |
This book examines the history of human interaction with forest and marine ecosystems in Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines. Rainforests falling to snarling chainsaws, and factory trawlers emptying the life out of tropical seas, are nowadays among the most familiar images of Southeast Asia. Yet the present excessive levels of logging and fishing have emerged only within the last generation. Until a few decades ago it was common for marine and forest-related economic activities in Southeast Asia to have limited, and in the long run rather stable, effects on the environment. Did this relative stability simply reflect lower population densities, less well developed markets, and less efficient extraction technologies? Or was it the result of successful resource management techniques and institutions? If so, why have these since failed or been abandoned? Seventeen contributions by an international selection of expert authors cover topics ranging from the collection of rattan, beeswax and forest resins in the seventeenth century to the management of modern marine nature reserves. Muddied waters is essential reading for anyone interested in the environmental history of Southeast Asia, whether in connection with other aspects of this particular region, or in relation to patterns of environmental change and resource management in other parts of the world.
Singapore Biodiversity
Title | Singapore Biodiversity PDF eBook |
Author | Peter K. L. Ng |
Publisher | Editions Didier Millet |
Pages | 554 |
Release | 2011 |
Genre | Reference |
ISBN | 9814260088 |
A magnificently illustrated and superbly written guide to the unique and simply astounding biodiversity of Singapore.
The Environment in Asia Pacific Harbours
Title | The Environment in Asia Pacific Harbours PDF eBook |
Author | Eric Wolanski |
Publisher | Springer Science & Business Media |
Pages | 495 |
Release | 2006-07-30 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 1402036558 |
Urbanization has reached unprecedented levels in the estuarine and coastal zone, particularly in the Asia Pacific region where mega-cities and mega-harbours are still growing. This book demonstrates the different solutions and pitfalls, successes and failures in a large number of ports and harbours in the Asia Pacific Region, and shows how science can provide ecologically sustainable solutions that apply wherever the growth of mega-harbours occurs.