Global Implications of Development, Disasters and Climate Change - 9781138838178

Taylor & Francis

Global Implications of Development, Disasters and Climate ChangeResponses to Displacement from Asia Pacific\nAuthor(s): Susanna Price, Jane Singer\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138838178, 978-1138838178\nSynopsis\nDisplacements in the Asia Pacific region are escalating. The region has for decades experienced more than half of the worlds natural disasters and, in recent years, a disproportionately high share of extreme weather-related disasters, which displaced 19 million people in 2013 alone. This volume offers an innovative and thought-provoking Asia-Pacific perspective on an intensifying global problem: the forced displacement of people from their land, homes, and livelihoods due to development, disasters and environmental change. \n\nThis book draws together theoretical and multidisciplinary perspectives with diverse case studies from around the region including Chinas Three Gorges Reservoir, Japans Fukush.