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Natural Resource Governance in Asia
From Collective Action to Resilience Thinking
Examines cascading impacts on social-ecological systems in Asia due to ongoing environmental and socio-political challenges to help create future resilience
Raza Ullah (Edited by), Shubhechchha Sharma (Edited by), Inoue Makoto (Edited by), Sobia Asghar (Edited by), Ganesh Shivakoti (Edited by)
9780323857291, Elsevier Science
Paperback / softback, published 29 April 2021
468 pages, Approx. 100 illustrations
23.4 x 19 x 2.9 cm, 0.95 kg
Natural Resource Governance in Asia: From Collective Action to Resilience Thinking identifies key leverage points where interventions can be made surrounding current and future impacts of ongoing environmental and sociopolitical challenges. The book utilizes case studies from Asia, a key demographic for natural resource management, that can be applied globally in understanding solutions and the current state of knowledge in natural resource dynamics. Users will find valuable sections on community forestry and socioecological systems, community irrigation, competing water demand, robustness issues, climate change, and natural resource dynamics and challenges. This interdisciplinary tome on the topic is invaluable to researchers and policymakers alike.
1. Managing Natural Resources in Asia: Challenges and Approaches Part 1: 2. Decentralization of Forest Governance in Peninsular Malaysia: The Case of Peatland Swamp Forest in North Selangor 3. Agroforestry Management Practices in relation with tenure security in Koto Tangah Sub-district, Padang, West Sumatera 4. Evaluating the Rehabilitation Potential of Calliandra (Calliandra calothyrsus Meissn.) in Degraded Areas through Landscape Function Analysis in Manolo Fortich, Budiknon, Philippines 5. Provincial Autonomy and Forest Management Unit (FMU) Legislation in Aceh Province, Indonesia: A Review of Regulatory Asynchronies 6. Adaptive System's Coupling in the Development of Community Forest 7. Evaluating Forest Rehabilitation Policies in Southeast Asia: A Case Study from Thailand, Indonesia and the Philippines 8. Governance of Mangrove Ecosystems in Northern Vietnam with Consideration of Impacts of Sea-level Rise and Climate Change Part II: Community Irrigation and Robustness Challenges 9. Trust and Cooperation in managing small-scale irrigation systems of Nepal 10. An Institutional Analysis of Gundalav Lake Governance 11. Complexity of property rights reformation in fishery resource governance in China 12. Role of local institutions in irrigation management at the rural-urban interface in Thailand 13. Diagnosing Multiple Disturbances to Irrigation Systems in Nepal 14. Analysis of Water Management Institutions and Systems of Pakistan Using Key Debate, Controversies and Changing Future Landscapes 15. Factors Affecting Farmer’s Choice of Tubewell Ownership in Punjab, Pakistan Part III: Climate Change, Natural Resources Dynamics and Land Use Challenges 16. An Adaptive Framework for Follow-up of Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) 17. Indigenous People in the Dynamics of Land Use Changes, Forest Fires and Haze in Riau Province, Indonesia 18. Crop Insurance Purchase Decisions of Small-Scale Irrigation Farmers in Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand 19. Environmental Regulations and Agricultural Product Trade: A case of Thailand 20. Land Use Change, Climate Change and River basin Management: A Preliminary Study in the small river basin of Batang Paninggahan, West Sumatra, Indonesia 21. Climate-induced water scarcity and the effectiveness of community-based water resource management 22. Irrigation Water Management under Climate Change: Local Perceptions and Adaptation 23. Theoretical Implication of Current Social Problems in Japan to the Studies of the Commons 24. What will it take to make Indian cities Water Resilient? Case of Integrated Lake Basin Management at Indore 25. Using System Archetypes to Understand Natural Resource Management Issues in Asia
Subject Areas: Energy technology & engineering [TH], Climate change [RNPG], Conservation of the environment [RNK], The environment [RN]
