Environmental and climate change in South and Southeast Asia : how are local cultures coping? edited by Barbara Schuler.

Contributor(s): Schuler, Barbara [editor of compilation.]Series: Climate and culture ; volume 2Publication details: Boston : Brill 2014Description: xx, 328 p. illustrations ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9789004245884Subject(s): Human beings -- Effect of environment on -- South Asia | Human beings -- Effect of environment on -- Southeast Asia | Climatic changes -- Social aspects -- South Asia | Climatic changes -- Social aspects -- Southeast Asia | Environmental degradation -- Social aspects -- South Asia | Environmental degradation -- Social aspects -- Southeast Asia | Human ecology -- South Asia | Human ecology -- Southeast AsiaDDC classification: 304.250954 LOC classification: GF71 | .E68 2014
Contents:
Introduction : the dynamics of climate and the dynamics of culture / Barbara Schuler -- Cosmos, commodity, and care : three layers in Hindu environmental awareness / Albertina Nugteren -- Ideas and images of nature in Thai Buddhism : continuity and change / Martin Seeger -- Shifting notions of nature and environmentalism in Indonesian Islam / Monika Arnez -- Irrigation in south Thailand as a coping strategy against climate change : past and present / Janice Stargardt -- The emergence of the cryoscape : contested narratives of Himalayan glacier dynamics and climate change / Marcus Nusser and Ravi Baghel -- A shift in India's domestic and international climate policy? / Joachim Betz -- New politics, old paradigms : urban environmentalism and the reshaping of New Delhi / Somnath Batabyal -- Environmental justice in Thailand in the age of climate change / Susan M. Darlington -- Mitigating climate change : an additional role for technology and policy in India as well as international arenas / Rudiger Haum -- Institutional dynamics of climate change adaptation in Southeast Asia : the role of ASEAN / Dennis Eucker.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 282-317) and index.

Introduction : the dynamics of climate and the dynamics of culture / Barbara Schuler -- Cosmos, commodity, and care : three layers in Hindu environmental awareness / Albertina Nugteren -- Ideas and images of nature in Thai Buddhism : continuity and change / Martin Seeger -- Shifting notions of nature and environmentalism in Indonesian Islam / Monika Arnez -- Irrigation in south Thailand as a coping strategy against climate change : past and present / Janice Stargardt -- The emergence of the cryoscape : contested narratives of Himalayan glacier dynamics and climate change / Marcus Nusser and Ravi Baghel -- A shift in India's domestic and international climate policy? / Joachim Betz -- New politics, old paradigms : urban environmentalism and the reshaping of New Delhi / Somnath Batabyal -- Environmental justice in Thailand in the age of climate change / Susan M. Darlington -- Mitigating climate change : an additional role for technology and policy in India as well as international arenas / Rudiger Haum -- Institutional dynamics of climate change adaptation in Southeast Asia : the role of ASEAN / Dennis Eucker.

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