Man and tropical karst in Southeast Asia. Geo-ecological differentiation, land-use and rural development potentials in Indonesia and other regions in South East Asia.
Geographies of knowing, geographies of ignorance : jumping scale in Southeast Asia
Asia ; Enclave ; Marginal area ; Peripheral region ; Regionalization ; South-Eastern Asia ; Space
Taking Southeast Asia as an example, the A. explores how areas are imagined and how area knowledge is structured to construct area heartlands as well as area borderlands. This is illustrated by considering a large region of Asia named Zomia
Pirates in paradise – A modern history of Southeast Asia’s maritime marauders
Asia ; Criminality ; Navigation ; Piracy ; South-Eastern Asia ; Transport ; Violence
Asia ; Asia del Sur-Este ; Criminalidad ; Navegación ; Transporte ; Violencia
of the most pirate-prone in Southeast Asia. After 2001 a new type of attacks developed in the region of Aceh, involving speed and outboard engines. In the Philippines another type of piracy occurred : hijacking of boats on order by organized crime syndicates
using the local petty pirates. Southeast-Asia. Fears of maritime muslim terrorists attacks have also risen. However poverty is not a major reason to take on pirating. The crucial factors are opportunity, the negligible costs of piracy for the world
The international decade for natural disaster reduction and the IGU flood hazard research programme : International Symposium on flood disaster reduction in South-East Asia
Asia ; Concept ; Hydraulic works ; Inundation ; Land use ; Natural hazards ; Research ; Research programme ; South-Eastern Asia
Loess of Central Asia in Distribution and chronological problems of loess.
Geography of Asia
Loess deposits are widespread within the piedmont and intramontane depressions of Central Asia. They cover piedmont plains, river terraces, ridge slopes and watersheds. Loess is a significant component in the piedmonts of Tien Shan, eastern Fergana