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Community, Commons and Natural Resource Management in Asia
Haruka Yanagisawa
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Paperback. Through case studies from Japan, Korea, Thailand, India and Bhutan, this volume examines attitudes toward common-pool resources in different local contexts, with a particular emphasis on forests and policies relating to environmental conservation. Editor(s): Yanagisawa, Haruka. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: RNF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 525.
In many traditional societies, certain resources are held in common, with their use and disposition controlled by the community collectively. Such common-pool resources have come to play a significant element in programs of environmental preservation in Asia, and for this reason historical changes in arrangements for controlling them are of considerable importance. Through case studies from Japan, Korea, Thailand, India and Bhutan, this volume examines attitudes toward common-pool resources in different local contexts, with a particular emphasis on forests and policies relating to environmental conservation.
The authors are specialists on the regions they study who use historical documents in ... Read more
In many traditional societies, certain resources are held in common, with their use and disposition controlled by the community collectively. Such common-pool resources have come to play a significant element in programs of environmental preservation in Asia, and for this reason historical changes in arrangements for controlling them are of considerable importance. Through case studies from Japan, Korea, Thailand, India and Bhutan, this volume examines attitudes toward common-pool resources in different local contexts, with a particular emphasis on forests and policies relating to environmental conservation.
The authors are specialists on the regions they study who use historical documents in ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
NUS Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
Singapore, Singapore
ISBN
9789971698539
SKU
V9789971698539
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-15
About Haruka Yanagisawa
Haruka Yanagisawa is Professor Emeritus at the University of Tokyo, Japan. He was awarded the Okita Memorial Prize for International Development Research in 2014.
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