Environment, development and change in rural Asia-Pacific : : between local and global / / edited by John Connell, Eric Waddell.

• Superior document: Routledge Pacific Rim geographies (2007)
• TeilnehmendeR: Connell, John, 1946-; Waddell, Eric,
• Place / Publishing House: [Place of publication not identified] : : Taylor & Francis,, 2007.
• Year of Publication: 2007
• Language: English
• Series: Routledge Pacific Rim geographies (2007)
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xii, 249 pages).
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by John Connell, Eric Waddell.

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 expert team of international contributors reveal how communities at the periphery take charge of their lives, champion the virtues of their own local systems of production and consumption, and eng.