Conservation and Development in Cambodia
Exploring frontiers of change in nature, state and society
- Paperback
310 pages
- Release Date
16 June 2017
Summary
Written by leading authorities from Australasia, Europe and North America, this book examines the dynamic conflicts and synergies between nature conservation and human development in contemporary Cambodia.
After suffering conflict and stagnation in the late twentieth century, Cambodia has experienced an economic transformation in the last decade, with growth averaging almost ten per cent per year, partly through investment from China. However this rush for development has been couple…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781138304956 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1138304956 |
| Author: | Sarah Milne, Sango Mahanty |
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Imprint: | Routledge |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 310 |
| Release Date: | 16 June 2017 |
| Weight: | 570g |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 156mm |
| Series: | Earthscan Conservation and Development |
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Critics Review
“Cambodia’s headlong ‘development’ since 1993 has given the country one of the highest growth rates in Asia. This clear-headed, disturbing and often poignant volume counts up the human and ecological costs of uncontrolled ‘development’, deforestation, land-grabbing, foreign intrusions and endemic corruption on Cambodia’s depleted landscape and on its distressed. resilient and long-suffering population.” – David Chandler, Monash University, Australia.
“This is an important book, and not just for those interested in Cambodia’s environmental transformation. Empirically rich, it provides a powerful antidote to the comforting notion that economic growth can go hand-in-hand with environmental protection and this, in turn, with human development. Notwithstanding a few shards of hope, all-in-all this is a sobering volume that should be read by scholars, practitioners and officials alike.” – Jonathan Rigg, National University of Singapore.
“This is a fascinating international politico-environmental study… The achingly turbulent history of Cambodia compels one to think fundamentally afresh about how to connect people, state, nature and culture. This book offers some hope and provides extraordinary insights.” - Des Thompson, BES Bulletin.
“This book would benefit to a broad range of scholars and activists working on political and development issues in Cambodia and indeed anybody interested in the many and rapid ways the country is changing.” - Neil Loughlin, Newsletter Of The Association Of Southeast Asian Studies In The United Kingdom, SOAS, School of Oriental and African Studies.
About The Author
Sarah Milne
Sarah Milne is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Resources, Environment and Development group, Crawford School of Public Policy, College of Asia and the Pacific, Australian National University.
Sango Mahanty is an ARC Future Fellow in the Resources, Environment and Development group, Crawford School of Public Policy, College of Asia and the Pacific, Australian National University.
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