Rethinking environmental management in the pacific rim : exploring local participation in Bangkok, Thailand
Amrita Daniere, Lois M. Takahashi
- London : Routledge, 2018.
- 171 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
- Ashgate studies in environmental policy and practice .
Economic growth and urban environmental degradation in the Pacific Rim; Environmental management systems in Southeast Asia; Environmental management policies in Thailand; Environment and community participation; Environmental governance and the shadow state in Thailand; Lessons for improved environmental management; Community environmental management in the developing world.
Discusses the ways in which Southeast Asian governments have dealt with the contamination of the living environment in urban areas. What are the institutional, political, and social challenges to designing and implementing environmental management policies and enforcing regulations?