Routledge Handbook of the Environment in Southeast Asia

Capably tied together by Hirsch, this edited volume serves as a very useful intermediate to advanced primer for those who want to quickly grasp the diversity of issues surrounding the environment, and the dilemmas that relate environmental change to communities, politics and economic development in Southeast Asia. -Lee Poh Onn, Contemporary Southeast Asia, Vol. 39 No. 2, August 2017 In general, the consequences of mistaken policies which neglect the environment are not realized until much later. This volume offers: renewed perspectives that the environment is central to economic development; and a detailed look on an often overlooked related component - the context which frames the environment. -Seck Tan, Journal of Southeast Asian Economics, Vol. 34 No. 3, December 2017 [This handbook] is essential reading for new and established scholars working on environmental issues in the region. Drawing on his long Southeast Asian research career, Phil Hirsch has attracted an impressive group of researchers who have produced an outstanding piece of work that should become a foundational volume for years to come. The volume provides an up-to-date resource that provides comprehensive insights about the many environmental challenges prevalent across the region. [...] This is a wonderful collection that I recommend to anyone interested in the environment in Southeast Asia and to political ecologists and those working on development studies more generally. It is a real credit to the editor and the contributors and will quickly become a landmark text for understanding human-environment dilemmas in Southeast Asia. - Andrew McGregor, Macquarie University, Australian Geographer 2018.