John Connell / Eric Waddell (eds.)

Environment, Development and Change in Rural Asia-Pacific

Between Local and Global
Herausgeber: Connell, John; Waddell, Eric

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Produktbeschreibung

With the economic growth of the Asia-Pacific region in the twentieth century came environmental change. Using case studies from mainland Southeast Asia and the Island Pacific, this book examines the processes of development and disruption that have led to concern over the use and sustainability of the region's natural resources.

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Bringing together case studies from across mainland Southeast Asia and the Island Pacific, this volume examines the economic, political, social and environmental challenges facing rural communities in the region.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. November 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 161mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 531g
• ISBN-13: 9780415404143
• ISBN-10: 0415404142
• Artikelnr.: 21528385

Autorenporträt

John Connell is Professor at the School of Geosciences, University of Sydney, Australia. Eric Waddell is Professor of Geography at Laval University, Canada.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Between Global and Local: Contests for Development 2. Volcanic Eruption
as Metaphor of Social Integration: A Political Ecological Study of Mount
Merapi, Central Java 3. Pacific Island Rural Development: Challenges and
Prospects in Kiribati 4. Agricultural Landscapes of Kadavu: Persistence and
Change on the Fijian Periphery 5. Tree Crops and the Cultivated Landscapes
of the Southwest Pacific 6. Land Reform and the State in Vietnam's
Northwest Mountains 7. Seeds of Discontent: Oil Palm and Changing
Production Strategies among Smallholders in Papua New Guinea 8. Holding on
to Modernity? Siwai, Bougainville, Papua New Guinea 9. Oil Palm Expansion
in Sarawak: Lessons Learned by a Latecomer? 10. Can Indonesia's Complex
Forests Survive Globalisation and Decentralisation? Sanggau District, West
Kalimantan 11. Seeing 'Water Blindness': Water Control in Agricultural
Intensification and Environmental Change in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam 12.
Rethinking Watershed Science: Lessons from Thailand 13. Civil Society and
Interdependencies: Towards a Regional Political Ecology of Mekong
Development