Environment, development and change in rural Asia-Pacific between local and global
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 stimu...
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Formato: | Libro electrónico |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York, NY :
Routledge
2006.
2017. |
Colección: | Routledge Pacific Rim geographies ;
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009433693506719 |
Sumario: | 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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Notas: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (265 p.) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9781134138913 9781134138920 9781280704697 9786610704699 9780203967843 |