Author: World Bank Group
Indonesia has achieved remarkable success over the years in stimulating rapid economic growth and reducing widespread poverty. The pace and pattern of development, however, have given rise to increasing concern about the sustainable use of natural resources and the social and economic costs of urban and industrial pollution.
It says that growth and development over the medium term will depend increasingly on Indonesia’s key natural resources and ecosystems, and the care and efficiency with which they are managed, according to a review on goodreads.com.
The book claims that the growing volume of urban and industrial pollution in the country poses a serious threat both to the improvements in health and human welfare that are central to the long-term goals of development.
A result of increasing competition for scarce natural resources and growing levels of pollution, environment-related issues of equity and burden sharing will become increasingly important in the years ahead.
