Crucible for
Survival
Price: $27.95
Subtitle:
Environmental Security and
Justice in the Indian Ocean Region
Authors:
Edited by Timothy Doyle and
Melissa Risely
Subject:
Environment,
Asian Studies
Paper
ISBN 978-0-8135-4314-7
Pages:
304 pages, 5 photographs, 3
maps
Publication Date:
August 2008
Praise
for
Crucible for Survival“Crucible for Survival is a vital new account of the
environmental security and justice issues that dominate
this region and challenge the world. It is an impressive
and relevant contribution to public understanding and
debate"
-Doug McEachern, Deputy Vice Chancellor for
Research and Innovatino, The University of Western
Australia, coauthor of Environment and Politics,
and a frequent visitor to the region.
"This book has a wide audience. It brings new coherence
and rich content to the concept of the Indian Ocean
basin as one of the world's major regions. It will
benefit scholars in area studies and in international
and environmental affairs as well as civil society,
governmental organizations, and global
environmentalists."
-Jeff Romm, University of California,
Berkeley
Description:
Spanning a vast,
multicontinental area-from Asia to Africa, and including
the Middle East and Australia-the Indian Ocean Region
represents a diverse and historical network of cultures,
economies, and environments. It has been described as
the "heart of the Third World" and, in precolonial
times, "a crucible for a first global economy." Today,
it is a crucible for global survival.
In this collection, Timothy Doyle and Melissa Risely
bring together an international group of
environmentalists, political scientists, and
international relations scholars largely from the region
to address key issues vital to determining the human and
environmental security of the region. Addressing topics
that include agrifood production systems, the
geopolitics of water resources along the Mekong River
basin, oil production, transportation, waste disposal,
and climate change, the contributors highlight the
importance of regional collaboration and offer policy
and management strategies for cooperative, multinational
problem solving.
About the Authors:
Timothy Doyle is
professor of politics and international studies at Keele
University in the United Kingdom and at the University
of Adelaide in Australia. He is the founding convener of
human and environmental security for the Indian Ocean
Research Group.
Melissa Risely graduated from the University of
Adelaide with a Ph.D. in environmental studies in 2003
and is now an environmental consultant working with the
IORG.
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