Toward an Environmental Strategy for Asia, Parts 63-224World Bank Publications, 1993 M01 1 - 210 pages World Bank Discussion Paper No. 224. All of the World Bank's priorities for environmental aid to Asia are described in this comprehensive manual. Also featured is a framework to improve the region's environmental management and achieve sustainable |
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... irrigated lands and higher value- added through mixed cropping on marginal lands should help to absorb the labor surplus of the rural landless poor . Urban Environmental Management Rapid urbanization , one of the most important de ...
... irrigated lands and higher value- added through mixed cropping on marginal lands should help to absorb the labor surplus of the rural landless poor . Urban Environmental Management Rapid urbanization , one of the most important de ...
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... irrigation authorities with a bias toward investment over management , and forestry institutions with a bias toward short - term commercial exploitation . It is not recommended that the powers of public sec- tor agencies involved in ...
... irrigation authorities with a bias toward investment over management , and forestry institutions with a bias toward short - term commercial exploitation . It is not recommended that the powers of public sec- tor agencies involved in ...
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... irrigated and marginal lands is leading to excessive soil degradation . No country in Asia has the techniques and financing necessary for a concerted effort against soil degradation . Pricing reform and strengthening of land tenure will ...
... irrigated and marginal lands is leading to excessive soil degradation . No country in Asia has the techniques and financing necessary for a concerted effort against soil degradation . Pricing reform and strengthening of land tenure will ...
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... irrigated cropland , 2010 and increased salt load- ings on return flows and aquifers . Also , standing water provides a breeding site for vectors that transmit diseases such as schistosomiasis and malaria . Deforestation The forest ...
... irrigated cropland , 2010 and increased salt load- ings on return flows and aquifers . Also , standing water provides a breeding site for vectors that transmit diseases such as schistosomiasis and malaria . Deforestation The forest ...
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... irrigation water . ( In comparison with energy , demand elasticities for water are lower at least in the range of politically re- alistic increases - and therefore the percent- age conserved would be less . ) The use of marginal lands ...
... irrigation water . ( In comparison with energy , demand elasticities for water are lower at least in the range of politically re- alistic increases - and therefore the percent- age conserved would be less . ) The use of marginal lands ...
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Page 19 - Economic and population growth has led to severe negative impacts on the Asian environment. Pressure on the region's resources is intense and growing. There are serious problems in the areas of urban environmental degradation, industrial pollution, atmospheric emissions, soil erosion and land degradation, degradation of water resources, deforestation, and loss of natural habitat.
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