Southeast Asia and Environmental Sustainability in Context

Sunil Kukreja is professor of Sociology at the University of Puget Sound.

This volume, edited by Sunil Kukreja, covers an astonishing range of environmental issues in Southeast Asia. Beginning by demonstrating how Vietnam’s environmental efforts are smashed between the hammer of foreign investment and the ambit of local development aspirations, the collection proceeds to the fate of working elephants in Thailand. It goes on to show the ambiguity of Singapore's environmental efforts and the varied reactions to the haze in Singapore and Malaysia, where the latter seems to be in denial due to the influence of the ideologized palm oil industry. It finishes with a portrayal of the different ways fishing and religious communities in Malaysia and Indonesia approach environmental destruction. This collection provides fresh, unusual, and original views of the environmental problems facing Southeast Asia and possible solutions.

• 1.Between a Rock and a Hot Place: Navigating the Contradictions Between Economic Growth and Climate Change Adaptation in Vietnam Khanh Pham 2.Sustainable Singapore: Managing Domestic Green Adversities and Adapting to Environmental Externalities Victor Savage3.Making the Best of a Bad Situation: Elephant Tourism in Northern ThailandNick Kontogeorgopoulos4.Socio-Political Responses Towards Transboundary Haze: The Oil Palm in Malaysia’s Development Discourse Helena Varkkey & Patrick O’Reilly 5.Challenging Change: Artisanal Fishermen’s Attitudes Towards Environmental Conservation— Reflections from Mukim Tanjung Kupang, Malaysia Serina Rahman 6.Islamic Faith Based Organizations and Eco-Spiritual Governmentality in Indonesia Ulil Amri