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The emerging ecological crisis and above all, the growing awareness of the seriousness of the situation, both at a local and global level, could alter the geo-political and geo-economic equilibria. The problem is becoming more evident throughout Asia, both for the seriousness of the environmental problems — differing region by region — but which are equally relevant and growing in importance, and for the increasing role of the area in the world economy and in strategic balance.
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Trombetta, M.J. (2000). Facing the Environmental Problems in Changing Asia. In: Weber, M. (eds) After the Asian Crises. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780333982983_6
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