The Environments of the Poor in Southeast Asia, East Asia and the Pacific / / ed. by Aris Ananta, Armin Bauer, Myo Thant.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package
• MitwirkendeR: Adhinata, Danang,; Adliansyah, Gusti Fahmi,; Ananta, Aris,; Ballesteros, Marife,; Bauer, Armin,; Bopharath, Sry,; Boulakia, Stephane,; Bullen, Paul,; Chabierski, Stephane,; Estudillo, Jonna P.,; Fadillah, Haris,; Fukushi, Kensuke,; Gilard, Olivier,; Gubo, Qi,; Gupta, Madhumita,; Jitsuchon, Somchai,; Jokhan, Anjeela,; Kee, Ling How,; Kim, Yong-Seong,; Kimsun, Tong,; Kiong, Wong Swee,; Lal, Murari,; Nga, Tran Thi Viet,; Patunru, Arianto A.,; Porio, Emma,; Roberts, Daniel,; Sasaki, Satoshi,; Thant, Myo,; Tongruksawattana, Songporne,; Vathana, Sann,; Voelker, Marc,; Vuth, Pen,; Waibel, Hermann,; Walker, Wendy,; Yenhu, Tsui,; Yunani, Ahmad,
• HerausgeberIn: Ananta, Aris,; Bauer, Armin,; Thant, Myo,
• Place / Publishing House: Singapore : : ISEAS Publishing, , [2013]; ©2013
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (316 p.)

This book provides examples of possible triple-win solutions for simultaneously reducing poverty, raising the quality of the environment, and adapting to climate change. The book provides empirical evidence and observations from sixteen case studies in Southeast and East Asia, and from the Pacific. It argues that a spatial approach focussing on the environments in which the poor and vulnerable live, would trigger changes for development policies and implementation that better balance environmental and social concerns. In line with the post-2015 Millennium Development Goals (MDG) and Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) agenda, emphasizing integrated development approaches for the slum poor, the upland poor, the dryland poor, the coastal poor, and the flood-affected wetland poor, would also bring the environment and poverty agenda closer. The book emerged from a cooperation of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) with the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS) in partnership with experts from research institutes and think-tanks in the Asian region.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- List of Contributors -- I. Overview -- 1. A New Triple-Win Option for the Environment of the Poor -- II. East Asia (People’s Republic of China and Republic of Korea) -- 2. Poverty, Environment, and Climate Change in the Grasslands of China -- 3. Climate Change, Food Security, and Poverty in the People’s Republic of China -- 4. The Physical and Social Environment of the Chinese 46 Urban Poor -- 5. Benefiting the Poor, the Environment, and the Private Sector with Small Enterprises and Green Jobs in the People’s Republic of China -- 6. Environment, Economic Growth, and Poverty in the Republic of Korea -- III. Pacific Islands -- 7. Climate Change Adaptation and Poverty Reduction in Small Islands of the Pacific -- 8. The Role of Development Organizations in Pro-Poor Adaptation to Global Warming in the Pacific Islands -- IV. Mainland Southeast Asia (Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam) -- 9. Poverty and the Environment in Rural Cambodia -- 10. Conservation Agriculture in Cambodia -- 11. Voices of the Poor on Climate Change in Thailand and Vietnam -- 12. Poor Thai Farmers’ Adaptation to Climate Change -- V. Archipelagic Southeast Asia (Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines) -- 13. The Political Economy of Environmental Policy in Indonesia -- 14. Prospering in Environmental Degradation: An Illustration from an Upland Area, South Kalimantan, Indonesia -- 15. Making a Living in the Face of Environmental Change -- 16. The Response of Rural Coastal Households to Typhoon Milenyo in the Philippines -- 17. Life Along Manila’s Flooding Rivers -- 18. Quantifying the Health Risks from Pathogens in the Flood Water in Metro Manila -- 19. Slum Poverty in the Philippines: Can the Environment Agenda Drive Public Action?