Planning for Water Security in Southeast Asia

Community-Based Infrastructure During the Urban Transition

James Nguyen H. Spencer (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

226 Seiten

2022
Anthem Press (Verlag)
978-1-83998-401-3 (ISBN)

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This book examines how four communities in the rapidly developing cities of Southeast Asia have creatively solved growing environmental problems. It’s description of how community-level collaboration in Vietnam, Cambodia and Indonesia provide new ways for thinking about how marginalized people can co-create their own equitable and efficient infrastructure.

The central premise of the book, as well as the key lesson for readers is that infrastructure is the backbone of democracy. Without it, the process of collective governance fades beyond the immediacy of daily life. Using this premise, the book describes several case studies from Southeast Asia – rapidly urbanizing communities in Gresik, Indonesia; Can Tho, Viet Nam; Phnom Penh, Cambodia and Ha Noi, Viet Nam –that illustrate the embeddedness of highly localized governance structures in the built infrastructure. These four case studies illustrating similar community phenomena across differing social, political, and cultural context will encourage readers to consider the material, built environment stakes underlying participatory democracy as well as the importance of democratic participation in the visioning, building and management of large-scale urban projects.

James Nguyen H. Spencer is Professor of Urban and Regional Planning and Political Science who is currently the Vice-Provost and Dean of the Graduate School at Louisiana State University. His work in planning and public administration work in Vietnam and other parts of Southeast Asia date to 1989 and span a period of transformational change in the region.

Preface; Introduction; 1. Water and Human Security; 2. Global Urbanization: The Confluence of Peri-Urbanization and Urban Transition; 3. Community-Based Public Finance of Deep well Water Systems in Peri-Urban Java ; 4. The Peri-Urbanization of Can Tho and the rise of Entrepreneurial Water Suppliers in the Mekong Delta; 5. Ha Noi: Bulk Water Retailing in Peri-Urban Areas; 6. Peri-Urbanization, Co-Production and Institutional Culture: The Case of the Phnom Penh, Water Supply Authority; 7. Beyond Resilience: Are we thinking about Entitlements, Participation and Governance in the Right Way?; References; Index

Erscheinungsdatum	16.09.2021
Reihe/Serie	Science Diplomacy: Managing Food, Energy and Water Sustainably
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	153 x 229 mm
Gewicht	454 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Vergleichende Politikwissenschaften
ISBN-10	1-83998-401-5 / 1839984015
ISBN-13	978-1-83998-401-3 / 9781839984013
Zustand	Neuware