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  • Violent Atmospheres

    Livelihoods and Landscapes in Crisis in Southeast Asia

    by Wolfram Heinz Dressler, Mary Mostafanezhad, Annie Shattuck, Alison Copeland, Anthony Bebbington, Franck Billé, Helena Varkkey, Dr. Sango Mahanty, Carl Grundy-Warr0, Kimberley Anh Thomas1, Carl Middleton2, Tim Werner3, Alya Shaiful Bahari4, Dr. Ian G. Baird5, Jenny E. Goldstein6, Philip Hirsch7, Lisa C. Kelley8, McGregor, Andrew9, Dr Fiona Miller0, Dr. Sarah Milne1, Dr. Muhamad Muhdar2, K. B. Roberts3, Tessa D. Toumbourou4 ...
    In Southeast Asia, atmospheric violence emerges from the haze plumes of burning of palm oil plantations, the invisible but powerful spread of viral flows, and the subordination of upland farmers who have long depended on fire to clear land for new crops. Yet only recently have political ecologists drawn attention to such events’ volumetric social and environmental character. Violent Atmospheres ... Read more

    $23.79 USD

  • Turning Land into Capital

    Development and Dispossession in the Mekong Region

    by K. Sivaramakrishnan ...
    Series series Culture, Place, and Nature
    In Southeast Asia reversals of earlier agrarian reforms have rolled back "land-to-the-tiller" policies created in the wake of Cold War–era revolutions. This trend, marked by increased land concentration and the promotion of export-oriented agribusiness at the expense of smallholder farmers, exposes the convergence of capitalist relations and state agendas that expand territorial control within and ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • Routledge Handbook of the Environment in Southeast Asia

    Edited by Philip Hirsch ...
    The environment is one of the defining issues of our times, and it is closely linked to questions and dilemmas surrounding economic development. Southeast Asia is one of the world’s most economically and demographically dynamic regions, and it is also one in which a host of environmental issues raise themselves.The Routledge Handbook of the Environment in Southeast Asia is a collection of 30 ... Read more

    $72.99 USD

  • The Mekong: A Socio-legal Approach to River Basin Development

    by Ben Boer, Philip Hirsch, Fleur Johns, Ben Saul, Natalia Scurrah ...
    Series series Earthscan Studies in Water Resource Management
    An international river basin is an ecological system, an economic thoroughfare, a geographical area, a font of life and livelihoods, a geopolitical network and, often, a cultural icon. It is also a socio-legal phenomenon. This book is the first detailed study of an international river basin from a socio-legal perspective. The Mekong River Basin, which sustains approximately 70 million people ... Read more

    $75.99 USD

  • The Politics of Environment in Southeast Asia

    Edited by Philip Hirsch, Carol Warren ...
    The Politics of Environment in Southeast Asia charts the emergence of the environment as an issue of public debate in the region. Through a series of case studies the authors explore the coalescence of social forces around environmental issues, the process of alliance formation, and the role of state institutions, media and NGOs in the complex political battles over resource allocation.The ... Read more

    $79.99 USD

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  • The Institutional Imperative

    The Politics of Equitable Development in Southeast Asia

    by Erik Kuhonta ...
    Series series Studies of the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center
    Why do some countries in the developing world achieve growth with equity, while others do not? If democracy is the supposed panacea for the developing world, why have Southeast Asian democracies had such uneven results? In exploring these questions, political scientist Erik Martinez Kuhonta argues that the realization of equitable development hinges heavily on strong institutions, particularly ... Read more

    $31.49 USD

  • Contested Waterscapes in the Mekong Region

    Hydropower, Livelihoods and Governance

    Edited by Francois Molle, Tira Foran, Mira Kakonen ...
    The catchment area of the Mekong River and its tributaries extends from China, through Burma/Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and to Vietnam. The water resources of the Mekong region - from the Irrawaddy and Nu-Salween in the west, across the Chao Phraya to the Lancang-Mekong and Red River in the east- are increasingly contested. Governments, companies, and banks are driving new investments in ... Read more

    $76.99 USD

  • Environmental Change in South-East Asia

    People, Politics and Sustainable Development

    Edited by Raymond Bryant, Michael Parnwell ...
    Environmental Change in South-East Asia brings together scholars, journalists, consultants and NGO activists to explore the interaction of people, politics and ecology. Ostensibly "green" activities - plantation forestry, eco-tourism, hydro-electricity - are revealed as guises used by elites to promote their own political and economic interests.Highlighting fatal flaws in presently exclusive ... Read more

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  • Nature Unbound

    Conservation, Capitalism and the Future of Protected Areas

    by Dan Brockington, Rosaleen Duffy, Jim Igoe ...
    This groundbreaking volume is the first comprehensive, critical examination of the rise of protected areas and their current social and economic position in our world. It examines the social impacts of protected areas, the conflicts that surround them, the alternatives to them and the conceptual categories they impose.The book explores key debates on devolution, participation and democracy; the ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • Our Forest, Your Ecosystem, Their Timber

    Communities, Conservation, and the State in Community-Based Forest Management

    by Nicholas Menzies ...
    Community-based forest management (CBFM) is a model of forest management in which a community takes part in decision making and implementation, and monitoring of activities affecting the natural resources around them. CBFM provides a framework for a community members to secure access to the products and services that flow from the landscape in which they live and has become an essential component ... Read more

    $67.99 USD

  • Environment, Development and Change in Rural Asia-Pacific

    Between Local and Global

    Edited by John Connell, Eric Waddell ...
    Series series Routledge Pacific Rim Geographies
    This volume examines the economic, political, social and environmental challenges facing rural communities in the Asia-Pacific region, as global issues intersect with local contexts. Such challenges, from climatic change and volcanic eruption to population growth and violent civil unrest, have stimulated local resilience amongst communities and led to evolving regional institutions and environment ... Read more

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  • Community, Environment and Local Governance in Indonesia

    Locating the commonweal

    Edited by Carol Warren, John F. McCarthy ...
    Series series Routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Series
    This book explores the forces reconfiguring local resource governance in Indonesia since 1998, drawing together original field research undertaken in a decade of dramatic political change. Case studies from across Indonesia’s diverse cultural and ecological landscapes focus on the most significant resource sectors – agriculture, fisheries, forestry, mining and tourism –providing a rare in-depth ... Read more

    $42.99 USD