Location
SPREP LIBRARY
Publisher
Asian Development Bank
Publication Year:
2009
Publication Place
Manila, Philippines
Physical Description:
various pagings
Call Number
[el]
Collection
Material Type
Language
English
Record ID:
37755
Legacy PEIN ID:
77765
General Notes
Available online
Available online
Subject Heading(s)
Environment
Abstract
Asias robust economic growth in the past decades has lifted millions out of poverty. From an estimated 1.4 billion people living in extreme poverty in 1990 the number had gone down to about 903.4 million by 2005.1 Still, rapid economic growth and pervasive poverty have continuously degraded the regions natural resources. The quality of the environment has deteriorated, and climate change has had an impact, threatening the productivity and integrity of natural systems as well as peoples health, safety, and livelihoods.
Location
SPREP LIBRARY
Publisher
Asian Development Bank
Publication Year:
2009
Publication Place
Manila, Philippines
Physical Description:
various pagings
Call Number
[el]
Collection
Material Type
Language
English
Record ID:
37755
Legacy PEIN ID:
77765
General Notes
Available online
Record Created: 16-Mar-2011
Record Modified: 23-Feb-2021