| ID | 092965 |
| Title Proper | Managing risk and vulnerability in Asia |
| Other Title Information | a (re)study from Thailand, 1982-83 and 2008 |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Rigg, Jonathan ; Salamanca, Albert |
| Publication | 2009. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | In the 1980s, rural settlements in the Northeast of Thailand were farming focused, and strategies of living were structured around the need to secure subsistence in the face of a capricious environment and a weak developmental state. More than half of households in the region lived below the poverty line, and the immediate prospects for 'development' were not bright. Drawing on a 25-year longitudinal study of two villages in Mahasarakham, the paper describes and reflects on how risk and vulnerability have been re-shaped during a quarter of a century of profound economic and social change. From largely environmental and local, the pattern of risk and opportunity have become increasingly economic and non-local as external events wash across the shores of rural settlements like Ban Non Tae and Ban Tha Song Korn. |
| `In' analytical Note | Asia Pacific Viewpoint Vol. 50, No. 3; Dec 2009: p.255-270 |
| Journal Source | Asia Pacific Viewpoint Vol. 50, No. 3; Dec 2009: p.255-270 |
| Key Words | Risk ; Thailand ; Vulnerability |