03423nam 22009615 450 991095908080332120240313102604.097866112833089781281283306128128330497802302063970230206395978661128330810.1057/9780230206397(CKB)1000000000411231(EBL)339131(OCoLC)314796925(SSID)ssj0000195584(PQKBManifestationID)12030818(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000195584(PQKBWorkID)10131635(PQKB)10016016(SSID)ssj0001659313(PQKBManifestationID)16441400(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001659313(PQKBWorkID)14989017(PQKB)11681810(DE-He213)978-0-230-20639-7(MiAaPQ)EBC339131(Perlego)3500181(EXLCZ)99100000000041123120151203d2007 u| 0engurcn#nnn|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierMaintaining Minority Languages in Transnational Contexts Australian and European Perspectives /edited by A. Pauwels, J. Winter, J. Lo Bianco1st ed. 2007.London :Palgrave Macmillan UK :Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,2007.1 online resource (xii, 209 pages)Palgrave Studies in Minority Languages and Communities,2947-58999781349285495 1349285498 9780230019195 0230019196 Includes bibliographical references and indexes.pt. 1. Demography and meaning -- pt. 2. Policy and planning -- pt. 3. Policy and practice in specific settings.Deals with challenges to the maintenance of minority (or community) languages in this era of globalization and increasing transnational movements of people. The contributors, experts in language policy, language maintenance and multilingualism offer complementary perspectives from Australia and Europe on the maintenance of linguistic diversity.Palgrave Studies in Minority Languages and Communities,2947-5899Applied linguisticsSociolinguisticsRaceHuman rightsPrintingPublishers and publishingApplied LinguisticsSociolinguisticsRace and Ethnicity StudiesHuman RightsPrinting and PublishingApplied linguistics.Sociolinguistics.Race.Human rights.Printing.Publishers and publishing.Applied Linguistics.Sociolinguistics.Race and Ethnicity Studies.Human Rights.Printing and Publishing.306.44/94Pauwels Anne686939Winter Joanne1958-1792463Lo Bianco Joseph1792464MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910959080803321Maintaining Minority Languages in Transnational Contexts4331110UNINA07234nam 22005053 450 991103456700332120251022080550.01-5292-4066-2(MiAaPQ)EBC31599053(Au-PeEL)EBL31599053(CKB)41667586200041(OCoLC)1546968959(EXLCZ)994166758620004120251022d2025 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe Material Geographies of the Belt and Road Initiative Infrastructures and Political Ecologies on the New Silk Road1st ed.Bristol :Bristol University Press,2025.©2025.1 online resource (275 pages)Front Cover -- The Material Geographies of the Belt and Road Initiative: Infrastructures and Political Ecologies on the New Silk Road -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Notes on the Contributors -- Introduction: The World Transformed - Grounding the Belt and Road Initiative -- The new geography of the Belt and Road Initiative -- The BRI as territorial restructuring -- How the BRI is territorially restructuring the planet -- The need for a grounded approach to the BRI -- Critical approaches to the material transformations of the BRI -- Developing a critical research agenda -- The political ecologies and infrastructures of the BRI -- Note -- References -- 1 The Contested Coal-​Fired Power in the Belt and Road Initiative: Indonesia as a Case Study -- Introduction -- Overview of Chinese investment in CFPPs in Indonesia -- Case studies -- Teluk Sepang power plant, Bengkulu -- Celukan Bawang power plant, Bali -- Sumsel-​8 (Bangko Tengah) power plant, South Sumatra -- Coal-​fuelled Indonesia Weda Bay Industrial Park, North Maluku -- Lessons for BRI governance: embodied energy justice and blue justice -- References -- 2 Dynamics of Grassroots Collectivism in Thailand's Special Economic Zones: Cases of Natural Resource Conflicts within the Belt and Road Initiative -- Introduction -- Development context of selected SEZ cases -- Chiang Khong SEZ in Chiang Rai provincial development context -- Nongkhai SEZ development context -- State-​making through SEZ territorialization -- Grassroots movements against the SEZs -- Conclusion -- References -- 3 Railways of Hope, Railways of Conflict: Governance of the Domestic Environmental Impacts of a Belt and Road Project -- Introduction -- Environmental governance failure, scale and the political ecology of the BRI -- Railways of hope and a symbol of China-​Laos friendship.Land use adjustment for railway occupation -- Water transfer project for water shortage -- Conclusion -- References -- 4 A Debt to Whom? The Nature Questions in Sino-​Sri Lankan Development Narratives -- Introduction -- The political economy of Sino-​Sri Lankan entanglements -- A debt to whom? The nature question in focus -- Debt-​for-​nature swaps and the promises of ecological futurity -- Conclusion -- References -- 5 Waiting, Acceleration, Stabilization: Polychronic Temporalities as Drivers of a Large-​Scale Chinese Green Technology Project in Thuringia, Eastern Germany -- Introduction -- Time, temporalities and infrastructure -- The case of Arnstadt-​Ichtershausen in Thuringia, Eastern Germany -- Entangled temporalities driving the deployment of CATL's gigafactory -- Waiting -- Acceleration -- Stabilization -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- References -- 6 Silk Road on Ice: Extractivism, Climate Change and Resistances -- Introduction -- Arctic colonialism and expansion of the Belt and Road on Ice -- Resistance to climate colonialism, extractivism and infrastructural 'off ice' necropolitics -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 7 Donor Competition, Local Agency and Contingency: Jakarta-​Bandung High-​Speed Railway in Indonesia -- Introduction -- Pragmatic neutrality and donor competition in Jakarta-​Bandung HSR -- Local agency in the Jakarta-​Bandung HSR -- Conclusion -- Funding statement -- References -- 8 A Postcolonial Belt and Road Initiative? Dependency, Development and Geopolitics in China-​Latin America Relations -- Introduction -- Commercial relationships -- Financial relationships -- Infrastructure and the BRI in Latin America -- Dependency, development and postcolonial relationships -- Conclusion -- References -- 9 The Elusive Rainbow at the End of the Belt and Road: Chinese Investment, Finance and Trade Controversies in Southern Africa.Introduction -- BRI reaches South Africa -- China's persistent overaccumulation of capital and the BRI as a spatial fix -- Contradictions reflected in South Africa's Chinese-​driven special economic zones -- Infrastructure corruption amid growing coal-​export dependency -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 10 Beyond the Logistical Monolith: Multiplicity and Differentiation Along the Adriatic Corridor -- Introduction -- Global China in Piraeus and Trieste -- Port logistics -- New urbanizations -- Conclusion -- Note -- References -- 11 Capitalizing on the Logistical Future: Discounting Uncertainty in the Georgian Belt and Road Initiative -- A layering of projects -- A materialized bet on the future -- The labour of contracts -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 12 Infrastructure-​Led Development, Urban Transformation and Inequality in China's Belt and Road Initiative: A Marxist Postcolonial Geographies Analysis -- Introduction -- Infrastructure-​led development, urbanization and postcolonial geographies in the New Silk Road -- A tale of three cities -- Albert Royal Docks: building a (Chinese) city within the City of London -- Piraeus port in Athens, Greece: the head of the dragon -- Colombo Port City: Sri Lanka's 'new Dubai' -- The emerging urban geographies of the New Silk Road -- Conclusion -- Note -- References -- Afterword: The Material Futures of the Belt and Road Initiative -- Extractivist corridors -- Socio-​environmental conflicts and environmental justice -- Uncertain futures -- Local agency, counter-​movements and resistance corridors -- A comparative and community-​engaged research agenda -- References -- Index.China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), commonly called the New Silk Road, is a huge infrastructure project currently revitalising or creating new trading routes and large developments across the globe.It is estimated to cost up to US8 trillion and impact more than 65% of the world's population.Arpornsilp Ratchada1852894Woods Orlando1784570Mao Caixia1852895Bond Patrick662289Veglio Simone1852896Gambino Evelina1852897Liu Xiaofeng1680102Langguth Hannes1852898Hanacek Ksenija1852899Gu Bowen1852900MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9911034567003321The Material Geographies of the Belt and Road Initiative4448817UNINA