Environmental Uncertainty and Local Knowledge : : Southeast Asia as a Laboratory of Global Ecological Change / / ed. by Christoph Antweiler, Anna-Katharina Hornidge.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package
• MitwirkendeR: Alam, Mahbub,; Antweiler, Christoph,; Bizard, Viola,; Deswandi, Rio,; Ehlert, Judith,; Ellen, Roy,; Ferse, Sebastian,; Glaser, Marion,; HARMS, ARNE,; Hornidge, Anna-Katharina,; MARTENS, SOFIE ELENA,; Reichel, Christian,; Scholtes, Fabian,; Sillitoe, Paul,; Soselisa, Hermien L.,
• HerausgeberIn: Antweiler, Christoph,; Hornidge, Anna-Katharina,
• Place / Publishing House: Bielefeld : : transcript Verlag, , [2014]; ©2012
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Edition: 1. Aufl.
• Language: English
• Series: Global Studies
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (284 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Table of Contents --; Introduction --; ‘Knowledge’ in Development Discourse --; Urban Environmental Knowledge as Citizens’ Science --; Conflicting Frames of Reference --; “We Observe the Weather because we are Farmers” --; “Why did the Fish Cross the Road?” --; Managing Fire Risk in Indonesia’s Peatlands --; Cassava Diversity and Toxicity in Relation to Environmental Degradation --; What makes a Social System Resilient? --; Afterthoughts --; Contributors
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783839419595; 9783110649772; 9783111025230; 9783110661552; 9783110352856; 9783110370737
• DOI: 10.1515/transcript.9783839419595?locatt=mode:legacy
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Christoph Antweiler, Anna-Katharina Hornidge.

Southeast Asia is a laboratory showing current worldwide ecological issues. Environmental change, natural resource exploitation as well as global climate change increasingly threaten people's livelihoods. Environmentally-based uncertainties foster a high level of knowledge uncertainty. This poses a constantly growing threat to agricultural production. Vulnerable communities with a low degree of resilience are most severely affected.But local communities have abilities to innovate and develop locally embedded coping strategies. The contributors of this volume are most interested in environmental change that fosters knowledge uncertainties. Regions discussed include the Mekong Delta in Vietnam, Moluccas, Central Kalimantan, West Sumatra and South Sulawesi in Indonesia and Tangail Region in Bangladesh.