Title | Population, Development, and the Environment [electronic resource] : Challenges to Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals in the Asia Pacific / edited by Helen James |
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Imprint | Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019 |
Connect to | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-2101-6 |
Descript | XXXVI, 440 p. 110 illus. online resource |
1 Introduction: The Dynamics of Sustainability and Environmental Governance in the Asia Pacific -- 2 The Nexus Between Population, Development and the Environment: Critical to Determining Quality of Life on Earth -- 3 Nature Conservation and Its Bedfellows: The Politics of Preserving Nature -- 4 Food, Agriculture and Small Farmers in Asia -- 5 Trade-Offs Between Hydropower Development and Food Security in River Management -- 6 Impacts of Flood and Riverbank Erosion on Human Livelihoods: A Case Study of Some Riverside Villages in the Lower Ayeyarwady -- 7 Social Capital, Adaptation and Resilience: Case Studies of Rural Communities in Ethiopia, Zimbabwe and Myanmar -- 8 Rural-Urban Interaction in Rural Development of Peri-Urban Areas in Yangon Region, Myanmar: A Case Study of Hlegu Township -- 9 Changing Livelihood Options as Adaptation: A Comparative Analysis of Three Flood Control Schemes in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta -- 10 Environmental and Social Impacts of Mining in the Mogok Area, Pyin Oo Lwin District, Mandalay Region, Myanmar -- 11 Negotiating Livelihoods Access to Coastal Resources: Environmental Citizenship by NGOs in Indonesia -- 12 Landslide Hazard in Chin State: A Case Study in Hakka and Its Environs -- 13 Women, Water and ‘Wicked Problems’: Community Resilience and Adaptation to Climate Change in Northern Pakkoku, Myanmar -- 14 Socio-Political Transformation After the 2011 Floods in Thailand -- 15 The Impact of Floods on the Socio-Economic Activities of Yangon -- 16 State of Forest Governance in Vietnam: Where Are the Local Communities? -- 17 Laws Relating to Environmental Conservation in Myanmar -- 18 Effects of Rural-Urban Migration on Agricultural Production in Taungdwingyi Township, Magway Region, Myanmar -- 19 Effects of Migration on Two Small Villages Between Pyalin and Gonmin Chaungs, Pantanaw Township, Ayeyarwady Region -- 20 An Overview of Post-disaster Regional Administrative Management in Japan: Actors and Responsibilities -- 21 Family Recombination in Post-disaster Reconstruction: A Case Study of the Earthquake-Stricken Area in Wenchuan, SW China -- 22 Ahi Kā Roa, Ahi Kā Ora Ōtautahi: Maōri, Recovery Trajectories and Resilience in Canterbury, New Zealand -- 23 Poverty Alleviation and Community Empowerment in the Bagan-Nyaung-U Area of Central Myanmar -- 24 Rural Economy and Poverty in the Myanmar Delta: A Case Study of Ahmar Sub-township, Ayeyarwady Region -- 25 Conclusion and Policy Implications