03643nam 2200421 450 991047680110332120230516001155.01-134-13887-3(CKB)5470000000566535(NjHacI)995470000000566535(EXLCZ)99547000000056653520230516d2007 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierEnvironment, development and change in rural Asia-Pacific between local and global /edited by John Connell, Eric Waddell[Place of publication not identified] :Taylor & Francis,2007.1 online resource (xii, 249 pages)Routledge Pacific Rim geographies (2007)1-134-13887-3 1. Between global and local : the contest for development / Eric Waddell and John Connell -- 2. Volcanic eruption as metaphor of social integration : a political ecological study of Mount Merapi, Central Java / Michael R. Dove -- 3. Pacific island rural development : challenges and prospects in Kiribati / Frank R. Thomas and Kautoa Tonganibeia -- 4. Agricultural landscapes of Kadavu : persistence and change on the Fijian periphery / Robert Kuhlken -- 5. Tree crops and the cultivated landscapes of the southwest Pacific / Jean Kennedy and William Clarke -- 6. Land reform and the state in Vietnam's northwestern mountains / Thomas Sikor -- 7. Seeds of discontent : oil palm and the changing production strategies among smallholders in Papua New Guinea / George N. Curry and Gina Koczberski -- 8. Holding on to modernity? Siwai, Bougainville, Papua New Guinea / John Connell -- 9. Oil palm expansion in Sarawak : lessons learned by a latecomer? / Niels Fold and Tina Svan Hansen -- 10. Can Indonesia's complex agroforests survive globalisation and decentralisation? Sanggau District, West Kalimantan / Lesley Potter and Simon Badcock -- 11. Seeing 'water blindness' : water control in agricultural intensification and environmental change in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam / Fiona Miller -- 12. Rethinking watershed science : lessons from Thailand / Tim Forsyth -- 13. Civil society and interdependencies : towards a regional political ecology of Mekong development / Philip Hirsch.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 expert team of international contributors reveal how communities at the periphery take charge of their lives, champion the virtues of their own local systems of production and consumption, and eng.Routledge Pacific Rim geographies (2007)Sustainable developmentEast AsiaEast AsiaEconomic conditions21st centuryEast AsiaRural conditionsSustainable development338.95Connell John1946-Waddell EricNjHacINjHaclBOOK9910476801103321Environment, Development and Change in Rural Asia-Pacific1995133UNINA