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Author : Ben J. Wallace
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (19 download)
Download or read book The Changing Village Environment in Southeast Asia written by Ben J. Wallace and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Ben Wallace
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134218656
Total Pages : 143 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (342 download)
Download or read book The Changing Village Environment in Southeast Asia written by Ben Wallace and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005-11-14 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book follows the work of the 'Good Roots Project' - a multi-year forestry and agriculture research project in the Philippines. The scheme is an attempt on the part of industry, science and the government to better understand the processes of deforestation and initiate a strategy by which stressed upland ecosystems can be returned to productive stability. This comparative study aims quite simply, to help the farmers of the island to help themselves. Ben Wallace the director of the study investigates the issues surrounding the project, how the initiatives have been implemented, and the future for the island as the population growth rates continue to expand and more land is increasingly given over to agriculture.
Author : Mason C. Hoadley
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 9780700703500
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (35 download)
Download or read book The Village Concept in the Transformation of Rural Southeast Asia written by Mason C. Hoadley and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using examples from Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand, the book considers what scholarship has defined as a village within the rapid changes taking place in rural Southeast Asia.
Author : Anup Saikia
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 303047660X
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (34 download)
Download or read book Environmental Change in South Asia written by Anup Saikia and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-11-11 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Studies on South Asia are an emerging interdisciplinary field, this volume expands on the currently limited literature available on South Asia and focuses on the regions environmental, climatic and natural resource base by looking at case studies from Nepal, India and Bangladesh. The book contains twelve chapters which deal with various environmental challenges, such as the impacts of climate change on floods and droughts, population structure and regeneration dynamics of dominant treeline species, environmental changes and rural livelihoods, and change analysis and impacts of hard coastal structures. Apart from the various thematic areas and diversity of geographical coverage, most of the studies also demonstrate the application of geospatial techniques for the collection of environmental data, and the use of GIS for spatial analysis of the data. The specific application of geospatial techniques and methods includes NDVI, NDWI, NDBI, SMI, SPOT-VGT NDVI, environmental flow, distribution and trend estimation of tropospheric formaldehyde, vegetation sensitivity to climate change, variability of tropospheric ozone, and geo-environmental problems. The contributors are seasoned researchers currently engaged in academic and research activities, and work at universities in USA, India, Bangladesh, Bhutan and Japan.
Author : Anna-Katharina Hornidge
Publisher : transcript Verlag
ISBN 13 : 383941959X
Total Pages : 285 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (394 download)
Download or read book Environmental Uncertainty and Local Knowledge written by Anna-Katharina Hornidge and published by transcript Verlag. This book was released on 2014-03-31 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Southeast Asia is a laboratory showing current worldwide ecological issues. Environmental change, natural resource exploitation as well as global climate change increasingly threaten people's livelihoods. Environmentally-based uncertainties foster a high level of knowledge uncertainty. This poses a constantly growing threat to agricultural production. Vulnerable communities with a low degree of resilience are most severely affected. But local communities have abilities to innovate and develop locally embedded coping strategies. The contributors of this volume are most interested in environmental change that fosters knowledge uncertainties. Regions discussed include the Mekong Delta in Vietnam, Moluccas, Central Kalimantan, West Sumatra and South Sulawesi in Indonesia and Tangail Region in Bangladesh.
Author : Raymond Bryant
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134794118
Total Pages : 406 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (347 download)
Download or read book Environmental Change in South-East Asia written by Raymond Bryant and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005-08-03 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 economic and ecological approaches, the authors stress that neither the quest for sustainable development nor the process of environmental change itself can be understood without reference to political processes.
Author : Jonathan Rigg
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135097232
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (35 download)
Download or read book Southeast Asia (Routledge Revivals) written by Jonathan Rigg and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-09-13 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Southeast Asia: A Region in Transition, first published in 1991, is a contemporary human geography of the ‘market’ economies of the region usually defined by membership of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). Organized thematically, the chapters deal with the environment and development, plural societies, agrarian change and urbanization. This thematic approach provides a comprehensive picture of the ASEAN countries and gives a depth of coverage often lacking in other regional geographies. With a detailed introduction dealing with the physical environment and history of the region, this work will be of great value to students studying the human geography of Southeast Asia, as well as those with a more general interest in the issues and developments affecting the ASEAN region.
Author : Aris Ananta
Publisher : Flipside Digital Content Company Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9814519758
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (145 download)
Download or read book Environments of the Poor in Southeast Asia, East Asia and the Pacific written by Aris Ananta and published by Flipside Digital Content Company Inc.. This book was released on 2014-11-11 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides examples of possible triple-win solutions for simultaneously reducing poverty, raising the quality of the environment, and adapting to climate change. The book provides empirical evidence and observations from sixteen case studies in Southeast and East Asia, and from the Pacific. It argues that a spatial approach focussing on the environments in which the poor and vulnerable live, would trigger changes for development policies and implementation that better balance environmental and social concerns. In line with the post-2015 Millennium Development Goals (MDG) and Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) agenda, emphasizing integrated development approaches for the slum poor, the upland poor, the dryland poor, the coastal poor, and the flood-affected wetland poor, would also bring the environment and poverty agenda closer. The book emerged from a cooperation of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) with the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS) in partnership with experts from research institutes and think-tanks in the Asian region.
Author : Victor T. King
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136106189
Total Pages : 425 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (361 download)
Download or read book Environmental Challenges in South-East Asia written by Victor T. King and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-01-11 with total page 425 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume discusses environmental change, natural resource exploitation and the prospect for ecological sustainability in Southeast Asia. The contributors including sociologists, geographers, anthropologists, economists, political economists and historians, presents the findings of recent archival and field research mainly from ongoing programmes of team research based in European universities and institutes. Among the themes discussed are European and indigenous perceptions of the environment; historical processes of environmental change; the politics of resource use; ecotourism and development; deforestation and smallholding land-use strategies; migration and environmental degradation; disease environment and human geography; demography, sustainability and resource exploitation.
Author : Liana Chua
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0415683459
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (156 download)
Download or read book Southeast Asian Perspectives on Power written by Liana Chua and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the last half-century, Southeast Asia has undergone innumerable, far-reaching changes that have consequences not only for large-scale institutions and processes, but also for everyday life. This book focuses on the topic of power in relation to these transformations, and looks at its various social, cultural, religious, economic and political forms. Consisting of empirically rich case studies, the book works from the ground up, seeking to capture Southeast Asians' own perspectives, conceptualizations and experiences of power.
Author : Devendraraj Madhanagopal
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000787931
Total Pages : 315 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (7 download)
Download or read book Climate Change and Risk in South and Southeast Asia written by Devendraraj Madhanagopal and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-11-30 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, focuses on South and Southeast Asia, upgrades our understanding of the influence of multiple sociopolitical and governance factors on climate change and risks. Moving beyond science and technology-oriented discussions on climate change, it argues that the real solutions to climate change problems lie in societies, governance systems, non-state actors, and the power and politics underpinning these systems. It presents a range of detailed conceptual, empirical, and policy-oriented insights from different nations of South and Southeast Asia, including India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Vietnam, Maldives, and Bhutan. The chapters bring forth critical discussions of climate change, covering a diverse range of topics including livelihoods, gender, community perspectives, relocation, resilience, local politics, climate change communication, governance, and policy responses. By investigating climate change vulnerabilities and as well as offering feasible solutions to the states and other non-state actors in responding to climate change and risks, this book deepens our existing knowledge of the social and political dimensions of climate change. With interdisciplinary perspectives, this book will appeal to all students, researchers, and scholars of environmental studies, geography, disaster studies, sociology, policy studies, development studies, and political science. It provides valuable reading to practitioners, policymakers, and professionals working in related fields.
Author : Setsuko Shibuya
Publisher : Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
ISBN 13 : 9814620297
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (146 download)
Download or read book Living with Uncertainty written by Setsuko Shibuya and published by Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. This book was released on 2015-05-19 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is one of the first ethnographies written on the life of farmers in rural Southern Vietnam since the economic reform in the 1980s. It investigates how social, economic and political factors affect the farmers’ life in the Mekong Delta in the late socialist era with a particularly focus on the family, which serves as the basic and most significant social unit for the farmers. Dealing with classical anthropological topics of kinship and family, the book examines them as dynamic institutions. With vivid illustrations of the village life, family farming, education of children, jobs outside of farming and everyday politics, it presents new and different pictures of the current Vietnamese family under rapid social changes. The book will contribute to the current ethnographical research in Vietnam and Southeast Asia and also be of particular interest to those working on society and culture in the geographical region from broader disciplines. It will also appeal to readers who are interested in such topics as late socialism, social transformation, and rural development.
Author : Richard Fardon
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 144626601X
Total Pages : 1186 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (462 download)
Download or read book The SAGE Handbook of Social Anthropology written by Richard Fardon and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2012-07-25 with total page 1186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In two volumes, the SAGE Handbook of Social Anthropology provides the definitive overview of contemporary research in the discipline. It explains the what, where, and how of current and anticipated work in Social Anthropology. With 80 authors, contributing more than 60 chapters, this is the most comprehensive and up-to-date statement of research in Social Anthropology available and the essential point of departure for future projects. The Handbook is divided into four sections: -Part I: Interfaces examines Social Anthropology′s disciplinary connections, from Art and Literature to Politics and Economics, from Linguistics to Biomedicine, from History to Media Studies. -Part II: Places examines place, region, culture, and history, from regional, area studies to a globalized world -Part III: Methods examines issues of method; from archives to war zones, from development projects to art objects, and from ethics to comparison -Part IV: Futures anticipates anthropologies to come: in the Brain Sciences; in post-Development; in the Body and Health; and in new Technologies and Materialities Edited by the leading figures in social anthropology, the Handbook includes a substantive introduction by Richard Fardon, a think piece by Jean and John Comaroff, and a concluding last word on futures by Marilyn Strathern. The authors - each at the leading edge of the discipline - contribute in-depth chapters on both the foundational ideas and the latest research. Comprehensive and detailed, this magisterial Handbook overviews the last 25 years of the social anthropological imagination. It will speak to scholars in Social Anthropology and its many related disciplines.
Author : Vincent Itai Tanyanyiwa
Publisher : Vernon Press
ISBN 13 : 1622735110
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (227 download)
Download or read book Climate Change Perception and Changing Agents in Africa & South Asia written by Vincent Itai Tanyanyiwa and published by Vernon Press. This book was released on 2019-02-04 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘Climate Change Perception and Changing Agents in Africa & South Asia’ presents first-hand experiences of climate change perception. Now more than ever understanding public perceptions of climate change is fundamental in creating effective climate policies, especially within countries that are particularly vulnerable to climate change. Striving to present a comprehensive study of climate perception in Africa and South Asia, this volume presents seven in-depth case studies from Cameroon, the Eastern Himalayas, Kenya, Nepal, and Zimbabwe. In order to combat climate change, effective communication is essential in order to educate, persuade, warn and mobilize the masses. Therefore, climate change communication is shaped not only by our different experiences and beliefs but also by the underlying cultural and politic values of a country. Within this volume, climate change communication is examined from Cameroonian, Kenyan and Zimbabwean perspectives. From the role of stakeholders to practical field experiences, the individual case studies present an interesting and informative portrait of climate change communication. It is often the poorest and most vulnerable people who are most affected by the impacts of climate change. Therefore, community-based adaptation is an approach that is aimed at empowering communities in the process of planning for and coping with climate change. In this book, this progressive and innovative approach is examined from a grass-roots perspective that looks to both the Eastern Himalayas and Zimbabwe. Readers are presented with case-studies that investigate the importance of indigenous knowledge, community-based research and the role of social workers in climate change mitigation. This high-quality resource puts forward a well-informed and accessible discussion of climate change perception that will be of interest to both students and scholars, alike.
Author : Jonathan Rigg
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317877667
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (178 download)
Download or read book More than the Soil written by Jonathan Rigg and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-09-25 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than the Soil focuses on the social, cultural, economic and technological processes that have transformed rural areas of Southeast Asia. The underlying premise is that rural lives and livelihoods in this region have undergone fundamental change. No longer can we assume that rural livelihoods are founded on agriculture; nor can we assume that people envisage their futures in terms of farming. The inter-penetration of the rural and urban, and the degree to which rural people migrate between rural and urban areas, and shift from agriculture to non-agriculture, raises fundamental questions about how we conceptualise the rural Southeast Asia and the households to be found there.
Author : Per Ronnås
Publisher : NIAS Press
ISBN 13 : 9788787062985
Total Pages : 434 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (629 download)
Download or read book Institutions, Livelihoods and the Environment written by Per Ronnås and published by NIAS Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite the recent economic crisis, mainland Southeast Asia continues to experience increasing economic integration of previously isolated rural hinterlands, especially in the upland areas of Lao PDR, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Yunnan in China, where demographic pressures together with the development of infrastructure and increased market-orientation of production combine to bring about significant economic and social change in rural areas. These changes have also led to significant environmental degradation such as deforestation, disturbance of water flows, and depletion of biodiversity resources. These and other related issues are addressed in this volume.
Author : Monica Lindberg Falk
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317690133
Total Pages : 219 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (176 download)
Download or read book Post-Tsunami Recovery in Thailand written by Monica Lindberg Falk and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-09-19 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Of all the huge natural disasters that claimed the lives of thousands in Asia, the Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004 was the largest, estimated to have killed more than 230,000 people. The scope of damage brought about by this natural disaster urges focus on recovery and post-disaster reconstruction from several perspectives. Here we find an in-depth ethnography of Thailand and the role of culture and religion as an underpinning issue in post-disaster recovery. Following the post-tsunami recovery over five years, the book provides knowledge on socio-cultural responses from affected local communities after natural hazards, and is based on original material collected in Thailand after the 2004 tsunami. With a focus on how culture and religion interplay in the processes of building resilience and decreasing vulnerability, it gives a deeper understanding of how disasters are experienced and dealt with on a local level. It examines survivors’ experiences of rituals and ceremonies that became a part of the survivors’ lives in new ways after the tsunami, offering psychological reassurance and religious efficaciousness as well as communication links between themselves and the deceased. Using observations, narratives and material from in-depth interviews with survivors, relatives, relief workers, officials and Buddhist monks and nuns, this book contributes to the research on anthropology of disaster and to the development of research on cultural resilience and religion in post-disaster recovery. It will be of interest to scholars of Disaster Studies, Buddhist Studies and Asian Studies.
