Indonesia's Fires and Haze : The Cost of Catastrophe

From September to November of 1997, raging fires in Indonesia pumped enough smoke into the air to blanket the entire region in haze, reaching as far north as southern Thailand and the Philippines, with Malaysia and Singapore being particularly affected. This book conservatively assesses the damage at US Contents......Page 6 List of Tables......Page 8 List of Figures......Page 11 Preface to the First Reprint Edition 2006......Page 12 Foreword......Page 14 Acknowledgements......Page 17 Organizations and Contributors......Page 19 1: CAUSES AND IMPACTS OF THE FIRES......Page 22 2: RESEARCH METHODS......Page 35 3: MALAYSIA......Page 43 Appendix 3.1: Results of dose-response estimations for public hospital out-patient treatment and admission cases, Sarawak......Page 70 Appendix 3.2: Development and maintenance cost of the Kuala Selangor Nature Park, Malaysia......Page 71 4: SINGAPORE......Page 72 Appendix 4.1: 24-hour pollution index reading, August–November 1997......Page 103 Appendix 4.2: Haze action plan......Page 104 Appendix 4.3: The health effects of haze......Page 105 Appendix 4.4: A walk in the haze: a nature-lover's observations......Page 106 5: INDONESIA......Page 107 Appendix 5.1: Indonesia's haze model results......Page 134 6: CONCLUSIONS AND POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS......Page 151 D......Page 166 H......Page 167 N......Page 168 S......Page 169 W......Page 170 Conservatively estimated at $4.5 billion dollars, the damage from the fires and haze in Indonesia was more than the combined damages assessed for the Exxon Valdez oil spill and Indias Bhopal chemical disaster. This book looks at the causes of the fires, the physical damages that resulted, and their effects on health, industrial production, tourism, etc.It explains the methods used to assign a monetary value to the damages and recommends measures that must be taken to prevent a recurrence of such an epic environmental disaster. 1. Causes And Impacts Of The Fires / James Schweithelm, David Glover -- 2. Research Methods / David Glover -- 3. Malaysia / Mohd Shahwahid H.o., Jamal Othman -- 4. Singapore / Priscilla M.l. Hon -- 5. Indonesia / Jack Ruitenbeck -- 6. Conclusions And Policy Recommendations / James Schweithelm, Timothy Jessup, David Glover. Edited By David Glover & Timothy Jessup. Maps On Lining Paper. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.