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This issue of IRES invited experts in a variety of fields to present their views on the seemingly contradictory forces under the theme of “Globalization and Sustainable Development” and discuss how to evaluate globalization for sustainable development. EDITOR'S NOTE http://enviroscope.iges.or.jp/modules/envirolib/view.php?docid=2429 GLOBALIZATION...

Overview of the First and Second Phases of Research Outline of the Strategic Projects on the 2nd Phase

Book Review: "Earth Summit 2002: A New Deal (Revised Edition)" Felix Dodds with Toby Middleton (ed.) Project Publisher: Earthscan Publications Ltd. 2001, 364 pp. ISBN: 1-85383-867-5 Reviewer: Lisa Hiwasaki Earth Summit 2002: A New Deal (Revised Edition) is a comprehensive book that gives its readers an overview of the progress made and the new...

Book Review: "Environment, Education and Society in the Asia-Pacific: Local Traditions and Global Discourses" David Yencken, John Fien, and Helen Sykes (ed.) Publisher information: London: Routledge, 2001, 360 pp ISBN: 0-415-20581-6 Reviewer: Bishnu B. Bhandari This book is the result of a comprehensive report of an empirical study on the knowledge...

Business and industry, or the corporate sector, have been practicing corporate citizenship towards achieving corporate environmental excellence. This paper shows how business and industry has incorporated the idea of corporate citizenship into corporate management, especially through the adoption of environmentally-sound practices and environmental...

Since the mid 1990s, governments have attached increasing importance to urban environmental infrastructure (UEI) development in East Asian developing countries. There are two critical strategic issues for improving urban environmental infrastructure in East Asia: the enhancement of governmental capacities in financing UEI, and the mobilization of...

The international community is increasingly recognizing the importance of environmental education (EE) by non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in achieving sustainable societies, as well as the importance of transboundary support for NGOs involved in EE. NGO EE networks can play an important role in the promotion of, and transboundary support for...