00000nam 2200000 4500 INLIS000000000004784 20221111085025 0010-0520004784 221111################|##########|#eng## 9780415447232 eng 363.73.951.24 363.73.951.24 WIL t Williams, Jack F. Taiwan's Environmental Struggle : Toward a green silicon island / Jack F. Williams and Ch'ang-yi David Chang New York : Routledge, 2008 x,214p.;24 cm ; 24 cm Indeks : P.211-214 P.204-210 This book examines the causes of Taiwan's enviranmental predicament, engaging in Taiwan's unique geological,geographical,demographical, political, industrial,historical, and economic circumstances. In the authorsassess the efforts of government, NGOs and private citizens to create a 'green' environmentally sustainable island, with a high-tech economy based on the silicon chip,the backbone of Taiwan's highly successful IT Industry. Finally the authors discuss what can be done to improve Taiwan's environmental future. This Study is aimed at both those who are already quite familiar with TAiwan and those who know very little or nothing about the island. Taiwan Environmental Ch'ang-yi David Chang 10370/MKRI-P/XI-2008 10371/MKRI-P/XI-2008 10371/MKRI-P/XI-2008 10370/MKRI-P/XI-2008 10370/MKRI-P/XI-2008 10371/MKRI-P/XI-2008