HIRSCH Philip (ed.)

Politics of environment in Southeast Asia: resources and resistance - London: Routledge, 1998 - 325p.

Collection of papers which chart the emergence of the environment as an issue of public debate in Southeast Asia, an area of the world in which rapid industrialisation has resulted in increased consumption of natural resources and increased competition for them. Includes case studies in the following subject areas: major dams (Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, Laos); logging and forestry (Sarawak, Burma, Philippines); mining (Kalimantan, Vietnam); pollution and environmental health (Indonesia, Thailand); tourism (Bali, Chiang Mai).

0415172993 (pbk.): 16.99 UK


ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS
NATURAL RESOURCES
SOUTHEAST ASIA