INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY IN ASIA Transitions to Sustainability in Production-Consumption Systems
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East Asia is the manufacturing belt, garden, and kitchen of the world. It is also the woodlot and toilet. Many of the natural resources and materials that are required as inputs into the production of export commodities are extracted at low prices from the developing countries of the region. At the same time the region’s oceans, soils, and atmosphere are drains and dumps for waste and pollution.
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