publications : Nonita Yap

Below are the selected publications of Nonita Yap.

Invited Lectures (2005-2011)

Yap, N.T. INVITED (2011). "Greening Investments: Reflections on the Philippines BOI 2011 Priorities Investment Plan", Paper presented at the University of San Carlos 75th Foundation Celebration Academic Forum, Cebu City Philippines. Aug 25.

Yap, N.T. INVITED (2011). "Lost, retained, discovered: values of an aspiring global citizen", Paper presented at the University of San Carlos Foundation Celebration Academic Forum on Globalised Education, Reinventing our Future, Cebu City Philippines. Aug. 26.

Yap, N.T. INVITED (2010). "Produccion y consumo sostenible: de RIO 1992 a RIO 2012" [Sustainable production and consumption: from RIO 1992 to RIO 2012] Keynote Speech, National Congress on Environmental Sciences, Cali, Colombia, Nov. 17.

Yap, N.T. INVITED (2010). "Produccion y consumo sostenible: un paso atras para avanzar" [Sustainable Production and Consumption Strategy.  Stepping back to move forward], Paper presented at National Congress on Environmental Sciences, Cali, Colombia, Nov. 17.

Yap, N.T. INVITED (2009). "Una Actualizacion sobre ISO 14001 y Produccion mas Limpia", [State of the art of ISO 14001 and Cleaner Production] Paper presented at the Closing Conference of the Environmental Capacity Enhancement Project - Havana, Cuba, May 6 & 7.

Yap, N.T. INVITED (2008). "Municipalities and the sustainability crisis: daring to dream", Paper presented at the Livable Peel Conference, February, 10.  Available at http://www.peelregion.ca/planning/liveable-peel/pdf/energy-yap.pdf.pdf

Yap, N.T. INVITED (2008). "Cleaner Production, Industrial Ecology and the Circular Economy: the experience in the Peoples' Republic of China", Keynote Speech at the 50th Anniversary Symposium of the Department of Chemistry, University of San Carlos, Cebu City, Philippines. December 22.

Book Chapters (2005-2011)

Yap, N.T. (2011).  "Disaster Management, Climate change and Communities.  The Role of ICT's in ICT's Climate Change and Development", R. Heeks and A. Ospina (eds), The Centre for Development Informatics, Institute for Development Poligy and Management, SED, University of Manchester, UK.

Tubino, D.I.S., Devlin, J.F. & Yap, N.T. (2011).  "A busca pela responsibilidae socioambiental em Itabira" (The search for social and environmental responsibility in Itabira), in Recursos Minerais & Sustentabilidade Territorial, Vol 1. Grandes Minas (Natural Resources & Territorial Sustainability, vol 1 Large Mines), F.R.C. Fernandes, M.A.R. da Silva Enriquez & R. de Carvalho Jimenes Alamino (eds). CETEM/MCTI, Rio de Janiero.

Yap, N.T. (2008). "Integrating poverty reduction and environmental protection among BOP producers: Van Chang Craft Village in Vietnam" in Sustainability Challenges and Solutions at the Base of the Pyramid. Business Technology and the Poor, Kandachar, P. and M. Halme (eds), Sheffield: Greenleaf Publishing Limited, pp. 132-145.

Yap, N.T. (2007). "Towards a Circular Economy: Progress and Challenges", in China: The Challenges of Economic Growth and Environmental Sustainability, B.J. Diener & A.L. Rowe (eds), A special issue of Greener Management International, vol 50, pp. 11-24.

Yap, N.T., Devlin, J.F., Wu, C.C. & Ton, S. (2007). "Corporate Environmental Innovations and Public Policy: Case Studies from Taiwan", in Industrial Innovation and Environmental Regulation, S. Parto & B. Herbert-Copley (eds), United Nations University: Hongkong, pp. 22-50. (Primary author)

Yap, N.T. (2006). "Cleaner production and eco-efficiency: charting a course to sustainability?", in Linking Industry and Ecology, R. Cote, J. Tansey and A. Dale (eds).  Vancouver: UBC Press. pp. 97-113.

Articles in Scholarly Journals (2005-2011)

Ng-Bouwma, A. & Yap, N.T. (2011). "Community drought preparedness and response as if development matters: case studies from Kenya", Journal of Rural and Community Development, vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 15-35. [primary author]

Tubino, D.I.S., Yap, N.T., & Devlin, J.F. (2011). "Vale's social and environmental performance in Itabira, Brazil:  is the glass half full or half empty?"  Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal, vol. 29, no. 2, pp. 151-157. [joint]

Devlin, John F. and Yap, N.T. (2008). "Contentious Politics in Environmental Assessment: Blocked Projects and Winning Coalitions", Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal. Vol. 26, no. 1, pp. 17-27. [secondary author]

Devlin, J.F., Yap, N.T. & Weir, R. (2005). "Public Participation in Environmental Assessment: Case Studies on Legislation and Practice", Canadian Journal of Development Studies, vol. 16, no. 3, pp. 487-500. [joint]

Papers Read at Conferences (2005-2011)

Yap, N.T.(2010). "Greening small and medium industry clusters: institutions and policy", Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the International Association for Impact Assessment", Geneva Switzerland. April 10.

Yap, N.T. (2010). "Challenges on Greening Micro and Small Industry Clusters to Compete Globally", Paper presented to the Southeast Asian Regional Centre for Research in Agriculture (SEARCA), Los Banos Philippines, June 22.

Yap, N.T. (2010). "Responding to the Crisis in Haiti: Lessons from disasters research", Paper presented at Haiti.  Responding to the Crisis Conference, University of Guelph. February 24.

Yap, N.T. (2008). "Towards integrating poverty reduction and environmental sustainability among Base-of-the-Pyramid producers in Vietnam", Paper presented at the Environmental Association of Canada Conference, Vancouver, June 4th.

Yap, N.T. (2007). "Integrating Disaster Preparedness in Development Planning: Experience on the Ground", Paper presented at the 2007 Symposium of the Canadian Risk Hazards Network, Vancouver, Nov. 6th.

Yap, N.T., Eggenberger, M., Van Duyen, N. & Glazier, G. INVITED (2006).  "The Challenge of Introducing Cleaner Production to Microenterprises.  The case of Van Chang Craft Village, Vietnam", Paper presented at the SCORE Conference, Wuppertal Germany, Nov. 23rd.

Yap, N.T. INVITED (2011). "Greening investments, opportunities through industrial ecology and cleaner production", Paper presented to the directors and technical staff of the Philippine Board of Investment, Makati, City Philippines, May 25.

Yap, N.T. INVITED (2011). "Greening the economy, opportunities through industrial ecology and cleaner production", A paper presented to the directors and technical staff of the Environmental Management Bureau, Philippine Dept. of Environment and Natural Resources, Quezon City, Philippines, May 20.

Yap, N.T. (2011). The Philippines Draft 2011 Investment Priorities Plan.  Specific Guidelines:  observations and comments.  Submitted to the Board of Investments at the request of the Asst Sec (equiv to ADM) of the Dept. of Science and Technology on how the Plan facilitates or impedes adoption of CP innovation and industrial ecology arrangements in the Philippines.

Conference Proceedings (2005-2011)

Forthcoming - Accepted

Yap, N.T. (2011).  "Pursuing sustainability through cleaner production innovations: micro and small enterprises in developing countries", in Proceedings of the Network for Business Sustainability 2011 Conference on SMEs, Moving Toward Sustainable Development, Montreal, Oct. 20-22.  Accepted 27th September, Code P-27.

Yap, N.T., M. Eggenberger, N. van Duyen and G. Glazier (2006). "The challenge of introducing cleaner production in small enterprises.  The case of Van Chang Craft Village in Vietnam", Proceedings: Sustainable Consumption and Production: Opportunities and Threats, November 23-25, 2006, Wuppertal, Germany (primary author).