Adaptation of Southeast Asia to Climate Change
Will be published approx. on 31. July 2026
Book
Hardback
350 pages
978-1-009-78322-4 (ISBN)
Description
Southeast Asia is a booming region which is nevertheless among the most vulnerable to climate change. This book assesses how Southeast Asian countries - from the wealthiest to the poorest - are adapting to meet climate change challenges across several key sectors: agriculture and fisheries, conservation, energy, health, and migration. In the broad context of the global system, it celebrates some of the region's remarkable successes, whilst also examining serious adaptive issues. Through a political economy lens, the author describes growing private-sector control over adaptations, shining a light on who benefits and loses from these systems. He untangles the complex interconnectedness of different sectors, examining how adaptations to one can undermine progress in others. This sharply focused volume is a vital reference on a rising global issue for graduate students and researchers, and offers invaluable lessons for policymakers in countries around the world that share similar development challenges.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
Worked examples or Exercises
ISBN-13
978-1-009-78322-4 (9781009783224)
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Person
William Ascher is Donald C. McKenna Professor of Government and Economics at Claremont McKenna College in California. He is a former director of the Center for International Development at Duke University, where he oversaw the training and research of many mid-career fellows from Southeast Asia as well as other developing regions. Under the auspices of the World Bank and the US Agency for International Development, he conducted research on Indonesia and Vietnam; he led an initiative to establish a new university in Thailand; and has lectured in Thailand and Indonesia. He has authored fourteen books, including The Psychology of Poverty Alleviation: Challenges in Developing Countries (Cambridge University Press, 2020) and Understanding the Policymaking Process in Developing Countries (Cambridge University Press, 2017). His commitment to interdisciplinary comparative public policy has led to publications in journals on health, conservation, energy, conflict, poverty alleviation, migration, and agriculture, focusing on Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, and the region of Southeast Asia in general.
Content
1. Introduction; 2. The Political Economy of Adaptation; 3. Agriculture and Fisheries; 4. Conservation; 5. Adapting to Energy Challenges; 6. Internal Migration; 7. Health; 8. Conclusions.