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Environmental change in South-East Asia [[electronic resource] ] : people, politics and sustainable development / / edited by Michael Parnwell, and Raymond Bryant
| Environmental change in South-East Asia [[electronic resource] ] : people, politics and sustainable development / / edited by Michael Parnwell, and Raymond Bryant |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, : Routledge, 1996 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (304p.) |
| Disciplina | 333.7095 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
ParnwellMike
BryantRaymond |
| Collana | Global environmental change |
| Soggetto topico |
Ecology - Political aspects
Environmental policy - Asia, Southeastern Sustainable development - Asia, Southeastern - Political aspects Environment and ecology |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-280-14448-3
0-203-98300-9 1-283-88278-7 1-134-79412-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover -- Environmental Change in South-East Asia: People, Politics and Sustainable Development -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of plates -- List of figures -- List of tables and boxes -- List of contributors -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Introduction -- The Politics of Environmental Change -- The Politics of Sustainable Development -- Overview -- Part I: Context -- 2. Freedom to Plant -- An Expanding Industry -- Common Dangers -- Indonesia -- Thailand -- Conclusion: Managing Resistance -- 3. Environmental Ngos and Different Political Contexts in South-east Asia -- Environmental Ngos and the Political Context in Vietnam -- Environmental Ngos and the Political Context in Malaysia -- Environmental Ngos and the Political Context in Indonesia -- Conclusion -- 4. Japan and South-east Asia's Environment -- The Political Economy of Japanese Environmental Management -- Japan as an Agent for Environmental Change in South-east Asia -- Japan as a Consumer of Natural Resources -- Japanese Overseas Economic Activity/foreign Direct Investment (fdi) -- Japan's International Environmental Policy -- Future Directions in Japan-south-east Asian Environmental Relations -- Conclusion -- Part II: Process -- 5. The Search for Sustainable Livelihoods in Indonesian Transmigration Settlements -- Introduction -- Environmental Resources -- Livelihoods -- The Indonesian Transmigration Programme -- The Research Location -- Key Issues Confronting Transmigrants in North Lampung -- Price of Farm Products and Access to Credit -- Pest, Disease and Weeds -- Health -- The Ownership and Management of Land -- Transportation -- Consequences and Responses -- New Agricultural Strategies -- Livestock Production -- Wage Labour -- Hunting, Gathering and Market Trade -- Conclusions -- 6. The Race for Power in Laos -- The Regional Context -- The Nam Theun Hinboun Dam.
Dam-building in Laos: the Boot Era -- Nordic Connections -- The Politics of 'appraisal Optimism' -- Laos's Dilemma -- 7. Plenty in the Context of Scarcity -- Introduction -- Laos: the Forest Resource -- Forests and the Economic Reforms -- The Multiple Sources of Deforestation -- Understanding Resource Degradation in Laos -- Forest Policy-making on the Run -- Establishing Property Rights -- Prospects for the Future -- Part III: Method -- 8. Environmental Change in Malaysian Borneo -- The Issues -- Interdisciplinary Research Programmes -- The Bintulu Research Project, Sarawak -- Fire, Drought and Rain -- Rainfall Statistics -- Implications of Drought -- Iban Activities and Response in the Bintulu Division of Sarawak -- Fire and Rain in Bintulu -- Other Environmental Concerns -- Perceptions of the Environment -- Health and Nutrition -- Non-timber Forest Products -- Summary and Conclusion -- 9. Mapping the Environment in South-east Asia -- Introduction -- Remote Sensing -- Geographical Information Systems -- Case Studies -- Case Study 1 Monitoring and Measuring Land Cover Conversion in Sabah, East Malaysia -- Background -- Method -- Results -- Data Issues -- Remote Sensing -- Conclusions -- Case Study 2 Aerial Photography and Gis: a Baseline Resource for Environmental Studies... -- Geographical Coverage -- Pilot Study: Thailand -- Photograph Analysis -- Discussion of the Analysis -- Transfer of Information from Photograph to Digital Format -- Recognition of Land Use Patterns -- The Digitization Process -- Research Directions -- Case Study 3 a Gis for the Rainforests of Brunei -- Methodology -- Topographic and Related Data -- Existing Data -- Survey Data -- Gis Output -- Discussion -- Applications of the Present Gis -- Limitations -- Issues and Recommendations -- Data Unification -- Data Protocols -- Spatial Accuracy -- Ease of Use -- Conclusions. General Conclusion -- 10. Problems in the Making -- Introduction -- The Tropical Forestry Action Plan -- Shifting Cultivation -- Consultation Between Consultants -- The Paper and Pulp Industry -- Large-scale Hydro-power Development -- The Tfap in Vietnam Today -- Conclusion -- Part IV: Options -- 11. The Sustainability of Ecotourism in Indonesia -- Tourism in National Parks -- Ecotourism: Principles and Practice -- Sustainable Tourism: Principles and Practice -- Ecotourism in Indonesia -- Case Studies -- Siberut National Park -- Gunung Leuser National Park -- Wasur National Park -- Lore Lindu National Park -- Komodo National Park -- The Asmat People -- Towards the Future -- 12. The Bajau -- The Need for Marine Conservation -- A Sea-nomadic Lifestyle Under Pressure -- Fishing Methods -- Marine Cosmology -- Stewardship -- 13. Environmental Degradation, Non-timber Forest Products and Iban Communities in Sarawak -- Introduction -- The Importance of Ntfps -- The Changing Importance of Ntfps in Borneo -- The Iban Study Communities -- Impact of Change -- Response to Change -- Future Prospects -- 14. Environmental Characteristics of Brunei's Temburong Rainforests and Implications for Conservation and Development -- Forestry in Brunei Darussalam -- Conservation Through Research? -- The Rainforest Environment -- Research, Education and Tourism -- Priorities: Conservation or Economic Development? -- Conclusion -- 15. Philippine Communitybased Forest Management -- Introduction -- National Overview -- Philippine Sustainable Development and Community-based Forest Management -- Mati, Claveria -- Core Community -- Regeneration and Indigenous Management Knowledge -- Multi-sectoral Interconnectivity -- Local Government Units -- Programme/project Integration -- Aggregation -- Conclusion -- 16. Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910359559103321 |
| London, : Routledge, 1996 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Interdisciplinary environmental studies [[electronic resource] ] : a primer / / by Gunilla Oberg
| Interdisciplinary environmental studies [[electronic resource] ] : a primer / / by Gunilla Oberg |
| Autore | Oberg Gunilla |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chichester, : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xii, 167 p. ) : ill |
| Disciplina | 363.700721 |
| Soggetto topico |
Interdisciplinary research
Environmental sciences - Research - Methodology Environment and ecology Earth & Environmental Sciences Physical Sciences & Mathematics Environmental Sciences Sciences - General |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-283-13893-X
9786613138934 1-4443-2849-2 1-4443-2848-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Foreword x Preface xi Chapter 1: Introduction 1 Challenges and opportunities 3 On quality 4 Background 5 A note on terminology 7 Notes 9 Chapter 2: Beyond CP Snow 11 Quantitative and qualitative studies 12 Improved understanding and quality 13 Drawing on commonalities 14 Context dependence and quantifi cation 18 Interpretation and context 21 Notes 23 Chapter 3: Questioning to learn and learning to question 24 Part I: Interdisciplinary expectations (Questions 1 to 3) 25 Part II: Transacademic aspirations (Questions 4 and 5) 26 Part III: Academic rigour (Questions 6 to 10) 27 Notes 29 Chapter 4: Why do you conduct interdisciplinary work? 30 Where do you position yourself on the refl ection scale? (Question 1) 30 To what end are you using knowledge from different disciplines? (Question 2) 37 What makes your work interdisciplinary? (Question 3) 42 Notes 46 Chapter 5: Why do you interact with society? 48 Academic knowledge and decision-making 48 Who participates in which part of the study and how? (Question 4) 51 Why do you interact with society? (Question 5) 56 A word of warning: Don't be snobbish 58 Notes 59 Chapter 6: Rigorous but not rigid 61 On quality assessment 63 Confusing form and credibility - an example 64 Communication 67 Notes 73 Chapter 7: Marking your playground 74 Framing 75 Aim 79 Operationalizing the aim 82 Confusing interdisciplinarity with "Everything" 84 Notes 85 Chapter 8: Evidence that holds for scrutiny 86 How or why? 87 Common procedures 90 Mixing various types of empirical evidence 100 Notes 100 Chapter 9: Anchoring your canoe 101 Clarifying your sources 102 Anchoring your frame 103 Anchoring your method 106 Notes 110 Chapter 10: Analysis 111 Defi ning "analysis" 112 Clarifying the own, the new 115 Relevant literature - your canon 116 Common knowledge 119 Original research 119 Textbooks 122 The style of recognized scholars 124 Passive and active voice 126 Notes 129 Contents ix Chapter 11: Beauty is in the eye of the beholder 131 Headings 132 Where do I place the refl ections? 135 Where do I describe the context? 136 References 137 Notes 141 Chapter 12: Being interdisciplinary 142 Creating an open and respectful climate 143 Hierarchies that impair 144 Humbleness and courage 147 Outstanding studies 148 Dialogue, feedback and how to manage supervisors 149 Notes 150 References 152 Primary sources 152 Secondary sources 154 Index 158 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910132664803321 |
Oberg Gunilla
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| Chichester, : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Interdisciplinary environmental studies [[electronic resource] ] : a primer / / by Gunilla Oberg
| Interdisciplinary environmental studies [[electronic resource] ] : a primer / / by Gunilla Oberg |
| Autore | Oberg Gunilla |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chichester, : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xii, 167 p. ) : ill |
| Disciplina | 363.700721 |
| Soggetto topico |
Interdisciplinary research
Environmental sciences - Research - Methodology Environment and ecology Earth & Environmental Sciences Physical Sciences & Mathematics Environmental Sciences Sciences - General |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-283-13893-X
9786613138934 1-4443-2849-2 1-4443-2848-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Foreword x Preface xi Chapter 1: Introduction 1 Challenges and opportunities 3 On quality 4 Background 5 A note on terminology 7 Notes 9 Chapter 2: Beyond CP Snow 11 Quantitative and qualitative studies 12 Improved understanding and quality 13 Drawing on commonalities 14 Context dependence and quantifi cation 18 Interpretation and context 21 Notes 23 Chapter 3: Questioning to learn and learning to question 24 Part I: Interdisciplinary expectations (Questions 1 to 3) 25 Part II: Transacademic aspirations (Questions 4 and 5) 26 Part III: Academic rigour (Questions 6 to 10) 27 Notes 29 Chapter 4: Why do you conduct interdisciplinary work? 30 Where do you position yourself on the refl ection scale? (Question 1) 30 To what end are you using knowledge from different disciplines? (Question 2) 37 What makes your work interdisciplinary? (Question 3) 42 Notes 46 Chapter 5: Why do you interact with society? 48 Academic knowledge and decision-making 48 Who participates in which part of the study and how? (Question 4) 51 Why do you interact with society? (Question 5) 56 A word of warning: Don't be snobbish 58 Notes 59 Chapter 6: Rigorous but not rigid 61 On quality assessment 63 Confusing form and credibility - an example 64 Communication 67 Notes 73 Chapter 7: Marking your playground 74 Framing 75 Aim 79 Operationalizing the aim 82 Confusing interdisciplinarity with "Everything" 84 Notes 85 Chapter 8: Evidence that holds for scrutiny 86 How or why? 87 Common procedures 90 Mixing various types of empirical evidence 100 Notes 100 Chapter 9: Anchoring your canoe 101 Clarifying your sources 102 Anchoring your frame 103 Anchoring your method 106 Notes 110 Chapter 10: Analysis 111 Defi ning "analysis" 112 Clarifying the own, the new 115 Relevant literature - your canon 116 Common knowledge 119 Original research 119 Textbooks 122 The style of recognized scholars 124 Passive and active voice 126 Notes 129 Contents ix Chapter 11: Beauty is in the eye of the beholder 131 Headings 132 Where do I place the refl ections? 135 Where do I describe the context? 136 References 137 Notes 141 Chapter 12: Being interdisciplinary 142 Creating an open and respectful climate 143 Hierarchies that impair 144 Humbleness and courage 147 Outstanding studies 148 Dialogue, feedback and how to manage supervisors 149 Notes 150 References 152 Primary sources 152 Secondary sources 154 Index 158 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910830083803321 |
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Oberg Gunilla
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| Chichester, : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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