Pollution Across Borders:Transboundary Fire, Smoke and Haze in Southeast Asia

Edited by Euston Quah and Tsiat Siong Tan

in World Scientific Books from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: This book is a collection of insights from experts of various fields, and will entail discussions of the recurring haze problem in Southeast Asia.

Keywords: Transboundary Pollution; Air Pollution; Pollution; Haze; ASEAN Haze; SEA Haze; Environmental Economics; Externality; Slash and Burn; Palm Oil Plantation; Pulpwood Plantation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q53 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
ISBN: 9789813203914
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Chapters in this book:

Ch 1 Managing Indonesian Haze: Complexities and Challenges , pp 1-18

Asit K. Biswas and Cecilia Tortajada

Ch 2 Transboundary Haze in Southeast Asia: Dealing with Elusive Regional Solutions and Implications on ASEAN Community , pp 19-30

Mely Caballero-Anthony

Ch 3 Why the Southeast Asian Haze Problem Is Difficult to Solve , pp 31-35

Parkash Chander

Ch 4 Transboundary Haze: The Investor Dimension Perspective from Malaysia , pp 37-54

Evelyn Devadason

Ch 5 The Role of the Polluter-Pays Principle in Managing the Haze in Southeast Asia , pp 55-57

Preston Devasia

Ch 6 Indonesia’s Uphill Battle against Dangerous Land Clearance , pp 59-62

Jackson Ewing

Ch 7 Seeing the Big Picture through the Haze , pp 63-88

Min Geh, Agus Budi Utomo and Sultana Bashir

Ch 8 Innovation and Transboundary Haze , pp 89-99

Alwi Hafiz

Ch 9 A New Thinking to Cooperation in Tackling the Indonesian Haze? , pp 101-109

Kheng Lian Koh

Ch 10 The Palm Oil Industry and Southeast Asia’s Haze: Outline for a Class Discussion , pp 111-120

Linda Y. C. Lim

Ch 11 Indonesia’s Fires in the 21st Century: Causes, Culprits, Impacts, Perceptions, and Solutions , pp 121-136

Erik Meijaard

Ch 12 An Attempt at a Stakeholder Analysis , pp 137-144

Joergen Oerstroem Moeller

Ch 13 The Gross Underestimation of the Costs of Haze , pp 145-153

Yew-Kwang Ng

Ch 14 How Singapore Can Help Stop Haze: The Palm Oil Factor , pp 155-188

Haze Pm

Ch 15 Partnerships and Long-Term Solutions Will Be Critical , pp 189-193

Jose Raymond

Ch 16 The Indonesian Transboundary Haze Game: Countering Free-Ridingand Local Capture , pp 195-221

Ridwan Rusli

Ch 17 The Southeast Asian Haze: Dealing with an Outcome of Global Climate Cycles and Change , pp 223-241

Victor R. Savage

Ch 18 Can Responsible Corporate Behavior Clean up the Haze? , pp 243-253

Asif Iqbal Siddiqui

Ch 19 All the World’s a Game: And All the Men and Women Merely Players. Or Not , pp 255-263

Christabelle Soh

Ch 20 Singapore’s New Transboundary Haze Pollution Act: Can It Really Work to Prevent Smoke Pollution from Indonesia? , pp 265-290

Alan Khee-Jin Tan

Ch 21 The 2015 Game Changer , pp 291-296

Audrey Tan

Ch 22 Battling the Haze of Cross-Boundary (Mis)Governance in Transboundary Air Pollution: A Perspective from Singapore , pp 297-307

Eugene K. B. Tan

Ch 23 Recent Forest Fires and the Effect of Indonesian Haze in the Philippines , pp 309-317

Maria Luisa G. Valera

Ch 24 Singapore’s Transboundary Pollution Act 2014: Prospects and Challenges , pp 319-325

Helena Varkkey

Ch 25 Tackling Haze with Cost Sharing , pp 329-333

Parkash Chander and Euston Quah

Ch 26 Pollution Controls as Infrastructure Investment , pp 335-338

Euston Quah and Joergen Oerstroem Moeller

Ch 27 What Can Singapore Do about the Haze? , pp 339-342

Euston Quah and Tsiat Siong Tan

Ch 28 What Can Indonesia Do about the Haze? , pp 343-346

Euston Quah and Tsiat Siong Tan

Ch 29 Facts and Figures , pp 347-351

Euston Quah and Tsiat Siong Tan

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