Innovative communities : people-centred approaches to environmental management in the Asia-Pacific region / edited by Jerry Velasquez [and others].

Other author Velasquez, Jerry.
Format Book
Publication InfoTokyo ; New York : United Nations University Press, ©2005.
Descriptionxvii, 341 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Subjects

Contents Introduction and overview / Jerry Velasquez, Makiko Yashiro, Susan Yoshimura and Izumi Ono -- Community innovation for sustainable development : concepts and approaches -- Local to global connections : community involvement and sustainability / Diane Warburton and Susan Yoshimura -- Being innovative, against the odds / Charles Landry -- Mainstreaming innovative approaches to sustainable urban environmental management in Asia -- Nathaniel von Einsiedel -- Case studies from the Asia-Pacific region -- Natural resource management -- From hunting to sustainable use : a pashtun tribal group's innovations, Northern Balochistan, Pakistan / Luc Bellon -- Highland encounters: building new partnerships for conservation and sustainable development in the Yangtze River headwaters, the heart of the Tibetan plateau, China / J. Marc Foggin -- Tourism -- Sustainable tourism planning and management in Klong Khwang, Thailand / Walter Jamieson and Pawinee Sunalai -- Mangrove conservation through ecotourism development by the Bobongko people in the Togean Islands, Indonesia / Sundjaya -- Forest management -- Innovative community-led sustainable forest resource conservation and management in Baybay, Leyte, the Philippines / Victor B. Asio and Marlito Jose M. Bande -- Waste management -- Waste management activities in Nagoya City, Japan : local government and community partnerships / Teruhiko Yoshimura and Rika Kato -- People, partnership and profits in managing solid waste in Guimaras, the Philippines / Andrew C. Farncombe, Francis E. Gentoral and Evan Anthony Arias -- Water management -- Integrated catchment management in the Hawkesbury-Nepean Basin, Australia / Amit Chanan -- Water management in Rajasthan, India : making a difference / Darryl Romesh D'Monte -- Conclusion : critical elements for achieving community innovation / Makiko Yashiro -- Index.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2005025242
ISBN9280811169 (pbk.)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks HC415.E5 I53 2005 ✔ Available Place Hold