Man and Nature in Asia

The implication that environmental degradation has only occurred in Asia as a product of Westernization ignores Asia’s long history of environmental degradation and disaster. The principal aim of this series is to encourage critical research into the human-nature relationship in Asia.

 

The series’ multi-disciplinary approach invites studies in a number of topics: how people make a living from nature; their knowledge and perception of their natural environment and how this is reflected in their praxis; indigenous systems of resource management; environmental problems, movements and campaigns; and many more.

 

The series will be of particular interest to anthropologists, geographers, historians, political scientists and sociologists, as well as to policy makers and those interested in development and environmental issues in Asia.

 

This series was edited by Arne Kalland of the University of Oslo, Norway, but is no longer accepting new manuscripts.

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Nature and Nation

Forests and Development in Peninsular Malaysia

by Jeyamalar Kathirithamby-Wells

Man and Nature in Asia # 9
Hardback - 2005, Available
ISBN 978 87 91114 22 9, £65.00
Paperback - 2005, Available
ISBN 978 87 91114 49 6, £19.99
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Fengshui in China

Geomantic Divination between State Orthodoxy and Popular Religion

by Ole Bruun

Man and Nature in Asia # 8
Hardback - 2003, Available
ISBN 978 87 91114 79 3, £50.00
Paperback - 2011, Recently Published
ISBN 978 87 91114 57 1, £18.99
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Co-Management of Natural Resources in Asia

A Comparative Perspective

edited by Gerard Persoon, Diny M. E. van Est & Percy E. Sajise

Man and Nature in Asia # 7
Hardback - 2003, Available
ISBN 978 87 91114 13 7, £42.00
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The Social Dynamics of Deforestation in the Philippines

Actions, Options and Motivations

by Gerhard van den Top

Man and Nature in Asia # 6
Hardback - 2003, Available
ISBN 978 87 91114 14 4, £55.00
Paperback - 2010, Available
ISBN 978 87 91114 53 3, ££18.99
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