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

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.

1. Crossing Borders: Governing The Globalizing Urban Matrix Of Compound?Disasters In Asia And The Pacific.- Part 1: Cross-Border Disasters In Historical And Contemporary Perspective.-?2.Recognising Global Interdependence Through Disasters.-?3.Crossing Colonial Borders: Governing Natural Disasters In Historic Context.-?4. Governing Cross-Border Effects Of Disasters In Urbanising Asia: What Does The Literature Tell Us.-?5.Disasters Across Borders: Borderlands As Spaces Of Hope And Innovation In The Geopolitics Of Environmental Disasters.- Part 2: Cross-Border Governance In Transboundary Riparian Regions.-?6.The Urban Matrix Of Compound Environmental Disasters: Riparian Regions And Cross-Border Water Governance In Asia.-?7.Urban Transformations Across Borders: The Interwoven Influence Of Regionalization, Urbanization And Climate Change In The Mekong Delta Region.-?8.Environmental Disasters In The Mekong Subregion: Looking Beyond State Bound