Indonesia's fires and haze the cost of catastrophe (International Development Research Centre, 2006)
Archived by Library and Archives Canada. - Title from title screen (viewed June 14, 2007)
Co-published by: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
Includes bibliographical references and index
List of Tables; List of Figures; Preface to the First Reprint Edition 2006; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Organizations and Contributors; 1: CAUSES AND IMPACTS OF THE FIRES; 2: RESEARCH METHODS; 3: MALAYSIA; 4: SINGAPORE; 5: INDONESIA; 6: CONCLUSIONS AND POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS; Index
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