| Environmental Change in South-East Asia: People, Politics and Sustainable Development Contributor(s): Bryant, Raymond (Editor), Parnwell, Michael (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0415129338 ISBN-13: 9780415129336 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $68.39 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 1996 Annotation: "Environmental Change in South-East Asia" is another excellent title in the "Global Environmental Change" series. It is a timely addition to the literature on environmental change, and focusses on South-East Asia to assess the nature, causes, consequences and socio-political implications of environmental degradation associated with rapid and largely uncontrollable economic growth. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Nature | Natural Resources - Social Science | Human Geography - Science | Environmental Science (see Also Chemistry - Environmental) |
| Dewey: 333.709 |
| LCCN: 95026276 |
| Series: Global Environmental Change |
| Physical Information: 0.82" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.23 lbs) 400 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Environmental Change in South-East Asia brings together scholars, journalists, consultants and NGO activists to explore the interaction of people, politics and ecology. Ostensibly "green" activities - plantation forestry, eco-tourism, hydro-electricity - are revealed as guises used by elites to promote their own political and economic interests. Highlighting fatal flaws in presently exclusive economic and ecological approaches, the authors stress that neither the quest for sustainable development nor the process of environmental change itself can be understood without reference to political processes. |