Managing Fragile Regions Method and Application /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Guo, Rongxing (Editor), Freeman, Carla (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2011.
• Subjects: Organization.; Planning.; Political science.; Regional economics.; Spatial economics.; Economics.; Regional/Spatial Science.; Political Science.

This book gathers the work of leading scholars from several disciplines on fragile regions, especially those regions seeking to preserve, strengthen or create processes to restore or reestablish security and effective social and economic management. It tackles the multifarious issues that shape and...

Table of Contents:

• Studying Fragile Regions: An Interdisciplinary Overview
• Fragile Edges between Security and Insecurity: China's Border Regions
• DMZ and Destiny of the Divided Korea Peninsula
• Territorial Fragility and the Future of Tibet: Sub-sovereignty, Problems and Solutions
• Boundaries, Territorial Disputes and Water Insecurity: Evidence from the Lower Mekong Basin
• Understanding the Determinants of Livelihood Recovery after a Large Earthquake
• The Characteristics of Earthquake-induced Geo-hazards in Mountain Areas
• NGOs and their Roles in Post-Earthquake Reconstruction.