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UNINA9910765818703321 |
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Titolo |
Environment, development and change in rural Asia-Pacific : between local and global / / edited by John Connell and Eric Waddell |
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New York, NY : , : Routledge, , 2017 |
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©2007 |
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ISBN |
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1-134-13891-1 |
1-134-13892-X |
1-280-70469-1 |
9786610704699 |
0-203-96784-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (265 p.) |
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Collana |
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Routledge Pacific Rim geographies ; ; 6 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Sustainable development - East Asia |
East Asia Economic conditions 21st century |
East Asia Rural conditions |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of illustrations; List of contributors; Acknowledgements; 1 Between global and local: the contest 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 northwestern mountains |
7 Seeds of discontent: oil palm and the changing production strategies among smallholders in Papua New Guinea8 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 agroforests survive globalisation and decentralisation? Sanggau District, West Kalimantan; 11 Seeing 'water blindness': water control in agricultural intensification and environmental change in the Mekong |
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Delta, Vietnam; 12 Rethinking watershed science: lessons from Thailand |
13 Civil society and interdependencies: towards a regional political ecology of Mekong developmentIndex |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 management practices, changing social relationships and producing new forms of stratification.Bringing together case studies from across mainland Southeast Asia and the Island Pacific, an e |
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