Young People and the Environment An Asia-Pacific Perspective /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Fien, John. (Editor), Yencken, David. (Editor), Sykes, Helen. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2002.
• Series: Education in the Asia-Pacific Region: Issues, Concerns and Prospects ; 1
• Subjects: Education.; International education.; Comparative education.; International and Comparative Education.
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess

The book analyses the knowledge, beliefs and behaviours that comprise the environmental attitudes of young people in the Asia-Pacific region and the cultural, political and educational contexts that have shaped them. The findings are based upon a questionnaire survey of over 10,000 young people toge...

Table of Contents:

• Young People and the Environment
• Japan
• China-Guangzhou
• China-Hong Kong
• Thailand
• India
• Singapore
• Brunei Darussalam
• Australia
• Aotearoa-New Zealand
• Fiji
• United States of America
• Synthesis: A Cross-Cultural Reflection.