Industry & Environment in Asia

For the last fifteen years (1980-95), economic development in Asia has been little short of astonishing. But broadly based growth in Asia has come at a great expense to the environment. The stark contrast between Asia’s successful economic development and rapidly deteriorating environments, particularly urban-industrial environments, makes this region the foremost test of sustainable development.

To learn more about the nature of industry-environment interactions in high-growth Asia, US-AEP examined the factors driving environmental, industrial, urban management in the ten Asian nations and territories listed to the left. The reports paint a clear and current picture of relatively complex trends in Asia and offer hope for environmental improvement with economic development.