TY  - CHAP
AB  - The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) comprises 10 countries namely Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam (Fig. 1). The ASEAN region has a total land area of 4.5 million square kilometers (3.3% of the world total) and a coastline of 173,252 km (third longest in the world). It is a region that boasts of a wealth of biodiversity including 20 percent of all known plant, animal, and marine species and one-third or 284,000 km2 of all coral reefs. Four biodiversity hotspots identified by Conservation International cut across a wide area of the region that includes Indo-Burma, the Philippines, Sundaland, and Wallacea.
VL  - 4
SN  - 978-0-85724-487-1, 978-0-85724-488-8/2040-7262
DO  - 10.1108/S2040-7262(2010)0000004022
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/S2040-7262(2010)0000004022
AU  - Uy Noralene
AU  - Shaw Rajib
ED  - Rajib Shaw
ED  - Juan M. Pulhin
ED  - Joy Jacqueline Pereira
PY  - 2010
Y1  - 2010/01/01
TI  - Chapter 16 Climate change adaptation in ASEAN: Actions and challenges
T2  - Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction: Issues and Challenges
T3  - Community, Environment and Disaster Risk Management
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 349
EP  - 368
Y2  - 2024/09/25
ER  -