Environmental and Climate Change in South and Southeast Asia

Barbara Schuler, Dr. phil., is Indologist and former Associate Director of the Centre for Buddhist Studies at Hamburg University. Her field of research encompasses Indian history of religion, ritual studies, visual anthropology, and the history of emotions in Tamil literature.

• PREFACECONVENTIONSINTRODUCTION—The Dynamics of Climate and the Dynamics of Culture - BARBARA SCHULERIDEAS:CHAPTER ONE—Cosmos, Commodity, and Care: Three Layers in Hindu Environmental Awareness - ALBERTINA NUGTERENCHAPTER TWO—Ideas and Images of Nature in Thai Buddhism: Continuity and Change - MARTIN SEEGERCHAPTER THREE—Shifting Notions of Nature and Environmentalism in Indonesian Islam - MONIKA ARNEZPAST: CHAPTER FOUR—Irrigation in South Thailand as a Coping Strategy Against Climate Change: Past and Present - JANICE STARGARDTCHAPTER FIVE—The Emergence of the Cryoscape: Contested Narratives of Himalayan Glacier Dynamics and Climate Change - MARCUS NÜSSER & RAVI BAGHELPRESENT:CHAPTER SIX—A Shift in India’s Domestic and International Climate Policy? - JOACHIM BETZCHAPTER SEVEN—New Politics, Old Paradigms: Urban Environmentalism and the Reshaping of New Delhi - SOMNATH BATABYALPROSPECTS:CHAPTER EIGHT—Environmental Justice in Thailand in the Age of Climate Change - SUSAN M. DARLINGTONCHAPTER NINE—Mitigating Climate Change: An Additional Role for Technology and Policy in India as well as International Arenas - RÜDIGER HAUMCHAPTER TEN—Institutional Dynamics of Climate Change Adaptation in Southeast Asia: The Role of ASEAN - DENNIS EUCKERBIBLIOGRAPHYGLOSSARYINDEXCONTRIBUTING AUTHORS