TY - BOOK ID - 136373544 TI - Environment, development and change in rural Asia-Pacific : between local and global AU - Connell, John AU - Waddell, Eric PY - 2007 PB - [Place of publication not identified] : Taylor & Francis, DB - UniCat KW - Sustainable development KW - East Asia KW - Economic conditions KW - Rural conditions. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:136373544 AB - 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. ER -