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ROUTLEDGE HANDBOOK OF THE ENVIRONMENT IN SOUTHEAST ASIA The environment is one of the defining issues of our times, and it is closely linked to questions and dilemmas surrounding economic development. Southeast Asia is one of the world’s most economically and demographically dynamic regions, and it is also one in which a host of envi- ronmental issues raise themselves. The Routledge Handbook of the Environment in Southeast Asia is a collection of 30 chapters dealing with the most significant scholarly debates in this rapidly growing field of study. Struc- tured in four main parts, it gives a comprehensive regional overview of, and insight into, the environment in Southeast Asia. Wide-ranging and balanced, this Handbook promotes scholarly understanding of how envi- ronmental issues are dealt with from diverse theoretical perspectives. It offers a detailed empir- ical understanding of the myriad environmental problems and challenges faced in Southeast Asia. This is the first publication of its kind in this field; a helpful companion for a global audi- ence and for scholars of Southeast Asian studies from a variety of disciplines. Philip Hirsch is Professor of Human Geography in the School of Geosciences at the University of Sydney, Australia. His research interests are in agrarian change, natural resource management and the politics of environment in Thailand and the wider Mekong region. This page intentionally left blank ROUTLEDGE HANDBOOK OF THE ENVIRONMENT IN SOUTHEAST ASIA Edited by Philip Hirsch First published 2017 by Routledge 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN and by Routledge 711 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10017 Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business © 2017 Philip Hirsch The right of the editor to be identified as the author of the editorial material, and of the authors for their individual chapters, has been asserted in accordance with sections 77 and 78 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. Trademark notice: Product or corporate names may be trademarks or registered trademarks, and are used only for identification and explanation without intent to infringe. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Names: Hirsch, Philip, 1957- editor. Title: Routledge handbook of the environment in Southeast Asia/ edited by Philip Hirsch. Description: Abingdon, Oxon; New York, NY: Routledge, 2016. | “2016 | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: LCCN 2016012536 | ISBN 9780415625210 (hardback) | ISBN 9781315474892 (ebook) Subjects: LCSH: Southeast Asia–Environmental conditions. | Economic development–Environmental aspects–Southeast Asia. Classification: LCC GE160.S64 R68 2016 | DDC 333.70959–dc23 LC record available at http://lccn.loc.gov/2016012536 ISBN: 978-0-415-62521-0 (hbk) ISBN: 978-1-315-47489-2 (ebk) Typeset in Bembo by Sunrise Setting Ltd, Brixham, UK In memory of Khamla Phanvilay, environmental champion and educator This page intentionally left blank CONTENTS List of figures x List of tables xii List of contributors xiv Acknowledgements xviii PART 1 Introduction 1 1 Introduction: the environment in Southeast Asia’s past, present and future 3 Philip Hirsch PART 2 Thematic approaches to environment 15 2 Understanding the physical environment of Southeast Asia: a prerequisite for better environmental management 17 Avijit Gupta 3 Environmental histories of Southeast Asia 31 Peter Boomgaard 4 Population growth and environmental degradation in Southeast Asia 46 Rodolphe De Koninck and Pham Thanh Hai 5 Environmentalism 69 Tim Forsyth 6 A Southeast Asian political ecology 82 Peter Vandergeest and Robin Roth vii Contents 7 Environmental neoliberalism in Southeast Asia 99 Keith Barney 8 Environmental law in Southeast Asia 115 Ben Boer 9 Environmental governance and decentralization 133 Robert Fisher 10 Transboundary environmental politics in Southeast Asia: issues, responses and challenges 147 Antonio P. Contreras PART 3 Sectoral issues in natural resources and environment 157 11 Forests and biodiversity 159 Frances Seymour and Peter Kanowski 12 Shifting cultivation and human interaction with forests 180 Rob Cramb 13 Water, rivers and dams 204 Carl Middleton 14 Social and political ecology of fisheries and aquaculture in Southeast Asia 224 Simon R. Bush and Melissa Marschke 15 Urban environmental transitions in Southeast Asia 239 Peter J. Marcotullio 16 Peri-urbanization and environmental issues in mega-urban regions 264 Edsel E. Sajor 17 Adaptation to climate change in Southeast Asia: developing a relational approach 280 Albert Salamanca and Jonathan Rigg 18 Migration and the environment 298 Rebecca Elmhirst PART 4 Regional and country studies in environment 313 19 The role of ASEAN in shaping regional environmental protection 315 Koh Kheng-Lian and Md. Saiful Karim viii Contents 20 The Mekong: strategic environmental assessment of mainstream hydropower development in an international river basin 334 Jeremy Carew-Reid 21 Cambodia: territorialisation of natural resources and environmental management 356 Mak Sithirith 22 Indonesia: a political–economic history of environment and resources 374 Jeff Neilson 23 Laos: abundance, scarcity and the shifting role of natural resources 390 Yayoi Fujita Lagerqvist 24 Malaysia: structure and agency of the environmental movement 400 Fadzilah Majid Cooke and Adnan A. Hezri 25 Myanmar: evolving environmental governance under a regime in transition 418 Adam Simpson 26 The Philippines: historical and geographical framing of ecological degradation and environmental governance 430 Doracie Zoleta-Nantes 27 Singapore: sustaining a global city-state and the challenges of environmental governance in the twenty-first century 448 Carl Grundy-Warr and Victor R. Savage 28 Thailand: whither gender in the environmental movement? 470 Pinkaew Laungaramsri 29 Timor Leste: embracing resource governance through ritual in a post-conflict society 483 Lisa Palmer 30 Vietnam: governmental and societal response to emergent environmental issues in the Mekong Delta 496 Le Anh Tuan Index 509 ix
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