Book Talk - Greening East Asia: The Rise of the Eco-developmental State
Event Information
About this Event
On December 10th at 5PM (PST), join the online book talk hosted collaboratively by UBC's Centre for Chinese Research, Centre for Japanese Research, and Centre for Korean Research. The event will feature the authors and editors of a newly published book - Greening East Asia: The Rise of the Eco-developmental State, edited by Ashley Esarey, Mary Alice Haddad, Joanna I. Lewis and Stevan Harrell. We will take a look into the regional shift in East Asia from development to “Eco-Development.” Opening remarks by CCR and IAR director Tim Cheek and CJR Co-director Yves Tiberghien.
Date & Time
Thursday, December 10 | 5:00 – 6:30PM (PST)
Thursday, December 10 | 8:00 – 9:30PM (EST)
Friday, December 11 | 9:00 – 10:30AM (CST)
Friday, December 11 | 10:00 – 11:30AM (JST/KST)
“Location”
The event will be hosted via Zoom. Participants will receive a link to access the event upon registration. Registration is required.
*If you do not receive the event link, please email Saya Soma at sayasoma@mail.ubc.ca.
About the Book - Greening East Asia: The Rise of the Eco-developmental State
East Asia hosts a fifth of the world’s population and consumes over half the world’s coal, a quarter of its petroleum products, and a tenth of its natural gas. It also produces a third of worldwide greenhouse gas emissions, making it a major contributor to climate change. The region—whose countries share ecological, sociocultural, and political characteristics while varying in size, resource wealth, history, and political systems—offers excellent insights into the complex dynamics influencing environmental politics, advocacy, and policy. With essays addressing Japan after Fukushima, coal plants and wind turbines in China, environmental activism in Taiwan, and sustainable rural development in South Korea, Greening East Asia explores a region’s shift from development to “eco-development” in acknowledgment that environmental sustainability is a critical component of economic growth. (From the publisher website)
The book is available for orders here.
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