Environmental Movements in Asia

ISBN-13: 9781138405936 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017

Arne Kalland

Opis

Asia has a long history of environmental degradation and its fair share of natural disasters. This volume paints a general picture of the Asian situation, examining the effect of environmental campaigns.

Spis treści

1: An Anthropological Perspective on Environmental Movements; 2: Local Dimensions of ‘Global' Environmental Debates; 3: Mahatma Gandhi and the Environmental Movement in India; 4: Culture, Gender and Community in Taiwan's Environmental Movement; 5: The Forest Grant Movement in Japan; 6: The Anti-Tropical Timber Campaign in Japan; 7: Local Environmentalism in Northeast Thailand; 8: Symbols and Displacement; 9: Local Resource Dependency and Utilization on Timpaus; 10: Asna Women: Empowered or Merely Enlisted?; 11: Divergent Approaches to the Environment in Kerala; 12: Perspectives on Waste in Urban India

O autorze

Arne Kalland, Gerard Persoon