L. Dudley Stamp

ix, 881 p. 25 cm

Summarises the work and findings of the Land Utilisation Survey of Britain.

Published works of Sir Dudley Stamp prepared by Joan Chibnall, p.71-81.

Asia tackles the tough issues, the complex problems, and the political controversies surrounding the environment of this vast landmass. This volume encompasses everything from economics, land use, energy and transportation, to air pollution, rivers and lakes, oceans, and species and habitat protection.In Malaysia, unchecked discharges of industrial waste and human sewage led the government to label 42 of its rivers officially "dead." According to some estimates, Southeast Asia alone accounts for more than half of the world's total transport of sediment to the oceans. In the Philippines, the Chico River dam project, which would have subjected 100,000 tribespeople to relocation, was canceled when the World Bank withdrew funding after fierce resistance from the indigenous people. This fascinating book offers a comprehensive look at how the most populated continent on earth contends with its complicated environment.

Discusses the origin and composition of the earth's crust, the ways in which it is continually changing, its importance to man, and what it reveals about the history of the earth.