The Dog Is Dead So Throw It in the River: Environmental Politics and Water Pollution in Indo (Monash Papers on Southeast Asia) - Tapa blanda

This book focusses on the politics of environmental pollution of the Brantas River. How has water become a political issues in East Java and in Surabaya? What have been the responses of government, bureaucrats and water company officials to the pollution? Extensive analysis is given to the action taken by local government and provincial level government to combat pollution. Factories along the Kali Surabaya have come under increasing pressure to meet minimum effluent standards and install effective waste treatment plants. Non government organisations (NGOs) have become involved, and the local print media have provided a forum for environmental campaigns and the expression of community concerns and protests. This book also systematically documents the history and outcome of the legal battles that have been fought over water pollution in East Java and how they have affected the attitudes of the industries involved.