Energy, environment, and the economy : [electronic resource] Asian perspectives / edited by Paul R. Kleindorfer, Howard C. Kunreuther, David S. Hong.

Selected papers from the international conference held in Taipei, Taiwan, ROC from August 22-25, 1994, and organized by the Wharton Center for Risk Management and Decision Processes at the University of Pennsylvania and by the Taiwan Institute of Economic Research (TIER).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sustainable energy development (SED): issues and policy / Mohan P.C. Munasinghe -- Trading in greenhouse gas emissions: implications for ASEAN and Korea / Andrew Chisolm, Alan Moran and John Zeitsch -- Economic instruments to cope with global warming: a simulation study on a tradable emission permit scheme to reduce global CO emissions / Kenji Yamaji and Taishi Sugiyama -- Investing in the common good: financing global environmental initiatives / Chitru S. Fernando, Paul R. Kleindorfer and Mohan P.C. Munasinghe -- Balancing economic growth, energy development and environmental impact / Shehzad Sadiq -- Asian structural interdependency and the environment / Akihiro Watabe and Kaoru Yamaguchi -- A comparison of energy economics in two alternative systems: conventional enclave development and community-based sustainable settings / Sixto K. Roxas -- Quality of life indicators for interregional planning and distributional decisions / Ben-chieh Liu, Maw Lin Lee and Chich-Ping Hu -- Siting hazardous facilities: lessons from Europe and America / Howard C. Kunreuther, Joanne Linnerooth-Bayer and Kevin Fitzgerald -- An economic framework for analysing facility siting policies in Taiwan and Japan / Daigee Shaw -- The green movement in Korea and its impact in the policy debate / Hoi-Seong Jeong and Seong-Uh Lee -- Participatory environmental impact assessment (EIA) for energy projects in the Phillipines / Fulgencio S. Factoran and Rolando L. Metin -- Risk management strategies for environmental exposures: lessons from the United States / Paul Freeman -- Pollution control and the challenge of industrial efficiency in Indonesia / Ismid Hadad -- User charge for wastewater management in industrial province / Qwanruedee Limvorapitak and Dhira Phantumvanit -- Regulating the Philippine energy industry: efficiency, equity and environmental sustainability / Manuel S. Gaspay.