Crossing Borders: Governing Environmental Disasters in a Global Urban Age in Asia and the Pacific

Description

This multidisciplinary book examines the diverse ways in which environmental disasters with compounding impacts are being governed as they traverse sovereign territories across rapidly urbanising societies in Asia and the Pacific. Combining theoretical advances with contextually rich studies, the book examines efforts to tackle the complexities of cross-border environmental governance. In an urban age in which disasters are not easily contained within neatly delineated jurisdictions, both in terms of their interconnected causalities and their cascading effects, governance structures and mechanisms are faced with major challenges related to cooperation, collaboration and information sharing. This book helps bridge the gap between theory and practice by offering fresh insights and contrasting explanations for variations in transboundary disaster governance regimes among urbanising populations in the Asia-Pacific. Front Matter ....Pages i-xv Crossing Borders: Governing the Globalising Urban Matrix of Compound Disasters in Asia and the Pacific (Michelle Ann Miller, Michael Douglass)....Pages 1-17 Front Matter ....Pages 19-19 Recognising Global Interdependence Through Disasters (Anthony Reid)....Pages 21-40 Crossing Colonial Borders: Governing Environmental Disasters in Historic Context (Fiona Williamson)....Pages 41-57 Governing Cross-Border Effects of Disasters in Urbanising Asia: What Do We Know? (Matthias Garschagen)....Pages 59-78 Disasters Across Borders: Borderlands as Spaces of Hope and Innovation in the Geopolitics of Environmental Disasters (John Hannigan)....Pages 79-94 Front Matter ....Pages 95-95 Urban Transformations Across Borders: The Interwoven Influence of Regionalisation, Urbanisation and Climate Change in the Mekong Region (Richard Friend, Pakamas Thinphanga)....Pages 97-116 Environmental Disasters in the Mekong Subregion: Looking Beyond State Boundaries (Andrea Haefner)....Pages 117-132 Cross-Boundary Disaster Risk Governance: Lessons from the Pearl River Delta (Alain Guilloux)....Pages 133-151 Front Matter ....Pages 153-153 The Resilience of Islands: Borders and Boundaries of Risk Reduction (Karl Kim, Konia Freitas)....Pages 155-174 The Empowerment of Local Community Groups as a New Innovation in Cross-Border Disaster Governance Frameworks (Yenny Rahmayati)....Pages 175-192 Cities as Aid Agencies? Preliminary Prospects and Cautionary Signposts from Post-Disaster Interurban Cooperation in Asia (Kristoffer B. Berse)....Pages 193-216 Front Matter ....Pages 217-217 Governing Cross-Border Ecology, Hazards and Population Movement: Narratives and Counter-Narratives from India and Bangladesh (Sarfaraz Alam)....Pages 219-242 China-Based Air Pollution and Epistemic Community Building in the Northeast Asian Region (Matthew A. Shapiro)....Pages 243-260 Zaps and Taps: Solar Storms, Electricity and Water Supply Disasters, and Governance (Robert James Wasson)....Pages 261-277 Back Matter ....Pages 279-288