Young People and the Environment: An Asia-Pacific Perspective (Education in the Asia-Pacific Region: Issues, Concerns and Prospects Book 1)

"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 together with focus group studies in India, South China, Japan, Thailand, Singapore, Hong Kong, Brunei, Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, and the west coast of the USA."--Jacket Preliminaries......Page 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS......Page 8 CONTRIBUTORS......Page 10 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS......Page 12 Introduction by the Series Editors......Page 14 1. YOUNG PEOPLE AND THE ENVIRONMENT......Page 16 2. JAPAN......Page 24 3. CHINA - GUANGZHOU......Page 38 4. CHINA - HONG KONG......Page 54 5.THAILAND......Page 68 6. INDIA......Page 80 7. SINGAPORE......Page 94 8. BRUNEI DARUSSALAM......Page 108 9. AUSTRALIA......Page 118 10. AOTEAROA - NEW ZEALAND......Page 130 11. FIJI......Page 142 12 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA......Page 154 13. SYNTHESIS: A CROSS-CULTURAL REFLECTION......Page 166 Questionnaire......Page 188 The Asia-Pacific region is one of the most diverse in the world.