内容简介
TheAsia-Pacificregionisexperiencingespeciallyrapiddevelopmentandpopulationincrease,andissuesofglobalchangeandsustainabledevelopmentarelikelytobeofparticularimportanceinthecomingdecades.ThisbookpresentschaptersbyleadinginternationalexpertsonthemajorissuesrelatingtoglobalchangeandsustainabledevelopmentfromtheperspectivesofAsiaandthePacific.Italsohighlightsthechallengesandopportunitiesofsustainabledevelopmentandpovertyreductionwithinthechangingecological,social,culturalandeconomicenvironmentinthisregion.ThevolumeisaninvaluablereferenceforallresearchersandpolicymakerswithaninterestinglobalchangeandsustainabledevelopmentinAsiaandthePacific.
作者简介
DrPakSumLowisAdjunctProfessorattheSchoolofSustainableDevelopment,BondUniversity,Queensland,Australia,andattheFacultyofScienceandTechnology,UniversitiKebangsaanMalaysia.HeisalsoInternationalAdviserfortheClimateChangeandAdaptationInitiativeoftheMekongRiverCommission.HewasInternationalExpertforUNDP-Vietnam,basedintheNaturalDisasterMitigationPartnershipSecretariat,MinistryofAgricultureandRuralDevelopment(2008-2009);SeniorEconomicAffairsOfficer,EnergyResourceSection(2008)andRegionalAdviseronEnvironmentandSustainableDevelopment(2001-2007)attheUnitedNationsEconomicandSocialCommissionforAsiaandthePacific(UNESCAP).DrLowhasalsoworkedattheUnitedNationsEnvironmentProgramme(UNEP,1991-1999)inNairobi;theClimaticResearchUnit,UniversityofEastAnglia,UK(1988-1991);theInstituteofAppliedPhysicalChemistry(1987-1988)andtheInstituteforAtmosphericChemistry(1986-1987)attheNuclearResearchCentre,Julich,Germany.HewasaconsultantfortheUnitedNationsFrameworkConventiononClimateChange(UNFCCC)Secretariat(1999and2000)andtheUnitedNationsConventiontoCombatDesertification(UNCCD)Secretariat(2000,2008and2009).Since2008,hehasalsobeenaregularconsultantforUNDPandUNEP.DrLowisamemberoftheExpertGrouponTechnologyTransfer(EGTT)oftheUNFCCC;aFellowoftheAsianDisasterPreparednessCentre(ADPC)inThailand(since2002);andamemberoftheInternationalAdvisoryPaneloftheInternationalProgrammeonClimateVariabilityRiskjointlydevelopedbythePacificDisasterCenter,Hawaii,andtheCentreforEnvironmentResearch,EducationandDevelopment,Vietnam(since2009).HewasChairoftheUNEPGlobal500RollofHonourPolicySub-Committee(1996),andamemberoftheUNEPGlobal500RollofHonourSelectionCommittee(1996-1999).HewasawardedaUNEPCertificatein1995inrecognitionofhiscontributiontoth
